Clinton District

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000336
MRDS ID D009544
Record type District
Current site name Clinton District
Alternate or previous names Wallace District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.62654, 46.80269 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position LAT LONG ARE CENTRAL FOR DISTRICT. IT IS IN THE WALLACE CREEK DRAINAGE AND THE HAD OF ASHBY CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clinton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(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 Missoula

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) OXIDATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.62654, 46.80269

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description TO THE NE IS A LARGE SYNCLINE, CLINTON STOCK
Type of structure Regional
Structure name OVERTHRUST
Structure description BEARMOUTH OVERTHRUST

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Discovery year 1889

Mining district

District name CLINTON DISTRICT
District name WALLACE DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 660, P. 224-231.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 8, P. 32-37.

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS

Beyond USGS

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