Whitetail District

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000369
MRDS ID D010008
Record type District
Current site name Whitetail District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.31198, 46.0388 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position IT EMBRACES AN AREA SURROUNDING WHITETAIL RESERVIOR. ; 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

Whitetail Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(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
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.31198, 46.0388

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name WHITETAIL DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 75-76.

Beyond USGS

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