Big Foot (State Creek) District

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000332
MRDS ID D009539
Record type District
Current site name Big Foot (State Creek) District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.19668, 46.1068 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position IT IS DRAINED BY STATE CREEK AND BIG FOOT CREEKS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ratio Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Jefferson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.19668, 46.1068

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description BOULDER BATHOLITH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name BIG FOOT DISTRICT
District name STATE CREEK DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 37-38.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 51.

Beyond USGS

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