Copper Cliff District

Past Producer in Missoula county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Antimony, Arsenic
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000338
MRDS ID D009546
Record type District
Current site name Copper Cliff District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.45923, 46.80489 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position LAT LONG ARE CENTRAL FOR AREA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Union Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Missoula

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) OXIDATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.45923, 46.80489

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Anticline
Structure description ANTICLINE, A 1000 FT WIDE FAULT BELT WHICH TRENDS NE.
Type of structure Regional
Structure name OVERTHRUST
Structure description BEARMOUTH OVERTHRUST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1891

Mining district

District name COPPER CLIFF DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 660, P. 214-224.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 8, P. 28-32.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 39, P. 28.

Beyond USGS

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