Elk Creek District

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Gold
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 60000341
MRDS ID D009549
Record type District
Current site name Elk Creek District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.38153, 46.87489 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position LAT LONG ARE CENTRAL FOR DISTRICT. THE UPPER DRAINAGE OF ELK 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

Union Peak(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite
United States Montana Powell
United States Montana Missoula

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.38153, 46.87489

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description GARNET STOCK
Type of structure Regional
Structure name OVERTHRUST
Structure description BEARMOUTH OVERTHRUST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Discovery year 1886

Mining district

District name ELK CREEK DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 8, P. 24-26.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 660, P. 199-206.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 610, P. 164-165.

  • Deposit

    USGS MINERAL RESOURCES - USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK

Beyond USGS

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