Rocky Mountains
Montana
Madison

SW Section 28 Mine

SW Section 28 Mine is a quarry in , and has an elevation of 5,948 feet.
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  • Type: Quarry
  • Description: mine in Madison County, Montana, United States of America
  • 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 2 miles northeast of SW Section 28 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.

SW Section 28 Mine

Latitude
45.28189° or 45° 16′ 55″ north
Longitude
-111.98145° or 111° 58′ 53″ west
Elevation
5,948 feet (1,813 metres)
Open location code
85QC72J9+QC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 369145080
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­quarry
Geo­Names ID
5675489
Wiki­data ID
Q49452823
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In Other Languages

“SW Section 28 Mine” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “SW Section 28 Mine”

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