Blue Wing District

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Manganese
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 60001668
MRDS ID W006770
Record type District
Current site name Blue Wing District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.95509, 45.1866 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position BETWEEN BADGER PASS AND BANNACK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978), CENTER OF DISTRICT - KENT MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bannack(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) MARBLEIZATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.95509, 45.1866

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name FAULTING
Structure description LOW ANGLE FAULTS
Type of structure Regional
Structure description BOULDER BATHOLITH

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Discovery year 1864
Year of first production 1864

Mining district

District name BLUE WING DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 574, 1914, P. 69-72.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 6, 1931, P. 32-39.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, 1972, P. 94-104.

Beyond USGS

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