Colorado Tailings

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10124606
MAS/MILS ID 0300930110
Record type Site
Current site name Colorado Tailings
Related records 10019559

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.56059, 45.9932 (WGS84)
Elevation 1731

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Butte South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Silver Bow

Comments on the location information

  • PLSS coordinates of 3N 7W Sect 23 Sect_fract C S2 disagreed with lat/long and were deleted. Reporter likely meant to type 8W. The problem probably arose from incorrectly located duplicate record 10019559.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.56059, 45.9932

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBM&G BULL 82,1970

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 11-AUG-2008 Schruben, Paul U.S. Geological Survey Deleted PLSS coordinates.

Beyond USGS

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