Cabin Creek Area

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Graphite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090862
MRDS ID D007125
Record type Site
Current site name Cabin Creek Area
Related records 10172516

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.88616, 44.60184 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position 4 AIR MI ESE OF ISLAND BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Island Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lima(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Rock(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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 014S 011W 24 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED BETWEEN CABIN CREEK AND MORRISON CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.88616, 44.60184

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deadman Fault, Cabin Thrust

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE GRAPHITE IS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE FAULT ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS RESOURCES MAP MR-50

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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