Blue Cloud District

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Tin, Molybdenum, Bismuth, Arsenic, Antimony, Tungsten
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 60000334
MRDS ID D009541
Record type District
Current site name Blue Cloud District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.16618, 46.6138 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position LAT LONG ARE CENTRAL FOR DISTRICT. IT IS THE DRAINAGE OF THE BLUE CLOUD CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Mountain(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.16618, 46.6138

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 BLUE CLOUD DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 211.

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES RI 6334, P. 25-6.

  • Deposit

    USGS MINERAL RESOURCES; USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK.

Beyond USGS

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