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Sheep Creek Group

Occurrence in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019114
MRDS ID DC08638
Record type Site
Current site name Sheep Creek Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.06617, 46.96823 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 4.3 KM SW OF HOLTER LAKE., 0.5 Km Radius., 0.5 Km Radius., 0.5 Km Radius.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sheep Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 014N 004W 14 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1.5 KM FROM MOUTH OF SHEEP CREEK ON NE SLOPE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.06617, 46.96823
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wolf Creek District

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 114.

  • Deposit

    HELENA NF MAP, 1967, USFS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORK CEASED BEFORE LODE WAS DISCOVERED AT DEPTH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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