Boulder District-Montana

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Uranium, Molybdenum, Barium-Barite, Antimony, Tungsten, Arsenic
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 60000335
MRDS ID D009543
Record type District
Current site name Boulder District-Montana

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.15648, 46.2318 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position THE AREA ADJACENT TO THE TOWN OF BOULDER. IT INCLUDES GALENA GULCH, BOOMERANG GULCH, AND THE W PART OF BOULDER VALLEY. TO THE S THE BOARDER IS THE LITTLE BOULDER RIVER TO ABOUT THE CROWLEY DAM. ; 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

Boulder West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Uranium Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.15648, 46.2318

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 Both
Discovery year 1870

Mining district

District name BOULDER DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

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