Elliston District

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Arsenic, Nickel, Antimony, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001633
MRDS ID W002873
Record type District
Current site name Elliston District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.35919, 46.4582 (WGS84)
Relative position 15 OR MORE MINES WITHIN THE DISTRICT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Three Brothers(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(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

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Powell

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Limestone, Ultra Pure Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) HYDROTHERMAL
  • (Local) SERICITIZATION
  • (Local) ARGILLIC

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.35919, 46.4582

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description BOULDER BATHOLITH

Controls for ore emplacement

  • CLOSELY RELATED TO THE INTRUSION OF QUARTZ MONZONITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Discovery year 1860
Year of first production 1890

Mining district

District name ELLISTON DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

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