Lost Creek District

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Limestone, General, Antimony
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000344
MRDS ID D009552
Record type District
Current site name Lost Creek District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.0009, 46.50129 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position LAT LONG ARE CENTRAL FOR DISTRICT. DISTRICT I S THE VALLEY OF LOST CREEK, UPSTREAM FROM THE TOWN OF LOST CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971), 1. KM RADIUS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dunkleberg Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Granite
United States Montana Deer Lodge

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Limestone, General Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.0009, 46.50129

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description MOUNT POWELL BATHOLITH

Controls for ore emplacement

  • QUARTZ, LIMONITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Discovery year 1890

Mining district

District name LOST CREEK DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES R1 5612, P.45, 51-55.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 84, P. 31-33

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 243-44.

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS

Beyond USGS

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