St. Louis

Past Producer in Broadwater county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246113
MAS/MILS ID 0300070109
Record type Site
Current site name St. Louis

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.69976, 46.3385 (WGS84)
Elevation 2005
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Broadwater(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Giant Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Broadwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007 N 001 W 26 NENWNW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 12 MILES UP INDIAN CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.69976, 46.3385

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 35, 1963, P.43.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 100.

  • Deposit

    MSHA REPORT DATED OCTOBER 1980.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES

  • Deposit

    PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-20.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Environmental Factors OBSERVED RELEASES TO WEST FORK INDIAN CREEK WERE DOCUMENTED FOR ARSENIC AND LEAD. DOWNSTREAM SEDIMENT SAMPLES SHOWED SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN LEAD AND ZINC CONCENTRATIONS COMPARED TO UPSTREAM CONCENTRATIONS. NO MILL TAILINGS WERE OBSERVED AT THIS SITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-DEC-1996 O'Brien, Mary Ann U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references