Prospector Mine
Prospector Mine is a quarry in Silver Bow County, Montana and has an elevation of 5,607 feet. Prospector Mine is situated nearby to World Museum of Mining, as well as near the village Walkerville.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Silver Bow County, Montana, United States of America
- Address: MT
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include World Museum of Mining and Alumni Coliseum.
World Museum of Mining
Museum
The World Museum of Mining is a museum and memorial in Butte, Montana. Chartered in 1964 as a non-profit educational corporation, the Museum first opened in July 1965. World Museum of Mining is situated 2,000 feet northeast of Prospector Mine.
Alumni Coliseum
Stadium
Alumni Coliseum, officially Bob Green Field at Alumni Coliseum, is a 2,000-seat college football stadium in the northwestern United States, located at the campus of Montana Technological University in Butte, Montana. Alumni Coliseum is situated 3,500 feet northeast of Prospector Mine.
Copper King Mansion
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Copper King Mansion, also known as the W. A. Clark Mansion, is a 34-room residence of Romanesque Revival Victorian architecture that was built from 1884 to 1888 as the Butte, Montana, residence of William Andrews Clark, one of Montana's three famous Copper Kings. Copper King Mansion is situated 1½ miles east of Prospector Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Butte and Walkerville.
Butte
Photo: Montanabw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Butte is one of the major towns in Montana, with a population of 35,000. In its heyday between the late 19th century and about 1920, it was one of the largest and most notorious copper boomtowns in the American West, home to hundreds of saloons and a famous red-light district.
Walkerville
Village
Photo: Cnw427, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Walkerville is a town in Silver Bow County, Montana, United States, that is an enclave of the consolidated city-county of Butte. The population was 639 at the 2020 census. Walkerville is situated 2½ miles northeast of Prospector Mine.
Elk Park Pass
Locality
Elk Park Pass, elevation 6,352 ft, is a mountain pass on the Continental Divide in southwestern Montana, about 4 miles northeast of Butte. It is traversed by Interstate 15 and is one of three crossings of the Divide by the Interstate, the others being Monida Pass and Deer Lodge Pass southwest of Butte. Elk Park Pass is situated 6 miles east of Prospector Mine.
Prospector Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Silver Bow County, Montana, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.00687° or 46° 0′ 25″ northLongitude
-112.57197° or 112° 34′ 19″ westElevation
5,607 feet (1,709 metres)Open location code
85R92C4H+P6OpenStreetMap ID
node 369148057OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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- Cebuano: “Prospector Mine”
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