Rocky Mountains
Montana
Madison

Prospect Mine

Prospect Mine is a quarry in , and has an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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  • Type: Quarry
  • Description: mine in Madison County, Montana, United States of America; geonames ID = 5672606
  • Address: MT

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nevada City and Virginia City Historic District.

is an unincorporated community in , , United States. In the 1860s, it was one of two centers of commerce in what was known as one of the richest gold strikes in the Rocky Mountain West, along with its sister city .

Protected area
Photo: Parodygm, Public domain.
The is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing , , . Designated in 1966, the district includes over two hundred nineteenth-century buildings, representing the site of a major gold strike and the capital of Montana for ten years. is situated 1 mile east of Prospect Mine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Virginia City.

Photo: SchmuckyTheCat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small town in Madison County, in south-east , approximately midway between and , south of the I-90 highway. It was once the capital of the Montana Territory.

Prospect Mine

Latitude
45.28993° or 45° 17′ 24″ north
Longitude
-111.96415° or 111° 57′ 51″ west
Elevation
6,001 feet (1,829 metres)
Open location code
85QC72QP+X8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 369140891
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­quarry
Geo­Names ID
5672606
Wiki­data ID
Q49441856
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In Other Languages

“Prospect Mine” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Prospect Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Montana, Madison County, lat 45,29, long -111,96)”
  • Cebuano: “Prospect Mine”

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