Hecla District

Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc, 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. Ownership information
  13. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001667
MRDS ID W006769
Record type District
Current site name Hecla District
Alternate or previous names Hecla
Related records 10196635

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.92029, 45.60549 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position TRAPPER CREEK FLOWS NE OUT OF BASIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975), CENTER OF DISTRICT - FRANKLIN MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Tahepia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(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

Commodities

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

Alteration

  • (Local) SERICITIZATION
  • (Local) OXIDATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.92029, 45.60549

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name FAULTING
Structure description GREAT FAULT, BASALT DIKES, NORMAL FAULTS
Type of structure Regional
Structure description DOME WITH OVERTURNED FOLDS, THRUSTING, AND TEAR FAULTS.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Discovery year 1872
Discoverer William Spurr
Year of first production 1873
Year of last production 1965

Mining district

District name HECLA DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner LEONARD LIVELY
    Year 1965
  • Type Operator
    Owner HECLA MINING CO.
    First year 1877
    Last year 1904
  • Type Operator
    Owner SEVERAL OTHERS
    First year 1904
    Last year 1965

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

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