Douglas Creek District

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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 60000347
MRDS ID D009555
Record type District
Current site name Douglas Creek District
Alternate or previous names Gird Creek District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.16062, 46.47299 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ALONG DOUGLAS CREEK ON S SIDE OF DOUGLAS MT SOUTH TO GIRD CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maxville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.16062, 46.47299

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description PRINCETON AND DOUGLAS CREEK ANTICLINE
Type of structure Regional
Structure description PHILIPSBURG BATHOLITH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic

Mining district

District name DOUGLAS CREEK DISTRICT
District name GIRD CREEK DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES RI 6611, P. 56-73.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 640, P. 195-97, 224-228.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 847D, P. 186-88.

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS

Beyond USGS

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