Olson Gulch District

Past Producer in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Iron, Tungsten, Lead
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 60000345
MRDS ID D009553
Record type District
Current site name Olson Gulch District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.08841, 46.19989 (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

West Valley(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
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Iron Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.08841, 46.19989

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description MOUNT POWELL BATHOLITH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1880

Mining district

District name OLSON GULCH DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES RI 5612, P. 45, 51-55.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 84, P. 31-33.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 243, 244.

Beyond USGS

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