Silver Lake District

Past Producer in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodities Tungsten, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Antimony, Dolomite
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 60000346
MRDS ID D009554
Record type District
Current site name Silver Lake District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.24031, 46.15819 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position LAT LONG ARE CENTRAL FOR DISTRICT. THE DISTRICT SURROUNDS SILVER LAKE, TO THE SOUTH IT INCLUDES SILVER HILL. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(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 Deer Lodge

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Dolomite Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.24031, 46.15819

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description SEVERAL SMALL GRANODIORITE OUTLIERS FROM THE PHILIPSBURG BATHOLITH CABLE STOCK
Type of structure Regional
Structure description E LIMB OF A GENTLE SYNCLINE, PHILIPSBURG BATHOLITH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Discovery year 1884

Mining district

District name SILVER LAKE DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 84, P. 33, 34.

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES RI 5612, P. 25-28.

  • Deposit

    USGS MINERAL RESOURCES, USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 221, 237-38.

Beyond USGS

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