Railroad Loop Mine
Railroad Loop Mine is a quarry in Silver Bow County, Montana and has an elevation of 6,237 feet. Railroad Loop Mine is situated nearby to the village Walkerville, as well as near the locality Elk Park Pass.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Silver Bow County, Montana, United States of America
- Address: MT
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Butte–Anaconda Historic District and Copper King Mansion.
Butte–Anaconda Historic District
Protected area
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The Butte–Anaconda Historic District is a National Historic Landmark that spans parts of Walkerville, Butte and Anaconda, Montana, United States. It has the most resources of any U.S. National Historic Landmark District. Butte–Anaconda Historic District is situated 4,200 feet southwest of Railroad Loop Mine.
Copper King Mansion
Museum
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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 1 mile southwest of Railroad Loop Mine.
Berkeley Pit
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The Berkeley Pit is a former open pit copper mine in the western United States, located in Butte, Montana. It is one mile long by one-half mile wide, with an approximate maximum depth of 1,780 feet. Berkeley Pit is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Railroad Loop Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Walkerville and Butte.
Walkerville
Village
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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.
Butte
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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.
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 3½ miles east of Railroad Loop Mine.
Railroad Loop Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Silver Bow County, Montana, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
46.02715° or 46° 1′ 38″ northLongitude
-112.5303° or 112° 31′ 49″ westElevation
6,237 feet (1,901 metres)Open location code
85R92FG9+VVOpenStreetMap ID
node 369147989OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Railroad Loop Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Railroad Loop Mine”
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