Wolf Creek District

Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold, Arsenic, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000366
MRDS ID D009575
Record type District
Current site name Wolf Creek District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09949, 46.9943 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position LAT LONG ARE CENTRAL FOR DISTRICT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sheep Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.09949, 46.9943

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name FAULTING
Structure description LOCAL FAULTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1890

Mining district

District name WOLF CREEK DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 108-110.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 26, P. 67-8.

Beyond USGS

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