Johnson Basin District

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000033
MRDS ID D001163
Record type District
Current site name Johnson Basin District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.14951, 46.21159 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position LAT LONG ARE CENTRAL FOR DISTRICT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(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

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 Deer Lodge

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Dolomite Tertiary
Limestone, High Calcium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.14951, 46.21159

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description SEDIMENTS HAVE BEEN FOLDED THEN INTENSELY FAULTED; THE MAJOR FOLDS TREND AND PLUNGE N.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Discovery year 1906
Discoverer Mcmasters

Mining district

District name JOHNSON BASIN DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 243-45.

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES RI 5612, P. 42-44.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 44.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 84, P. 22-23.

Beyond USGS

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