Lowland District

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper
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 60000352
MRDS ID D009560
Record type District
Current site name Lowland District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.41899, 46.2041 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position LAT AND LONG ARE CENTRAL FOR THE DISTRICT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sheepshead Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Jefferson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.41899, 46.2041

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description BOULDER BATHOLITH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name LOWLAND DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 69-70.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 296-7.

Beyond USGS

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