Frog Pond Basin District

Past Producer in Ravalli county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Antimony, Arsenic
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 60000348
MRDS ID D009556
Record type District
Current site name Frog Pond Basin District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.67732, 46.01989 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position LAT LONG ARE CENTRAL FOR THE DISTRICT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ravalli(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whetstone Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bitterroot 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 Ravalli
United States Montana Granite

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.67732, 46.01989

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description IDAHO BATHOLITH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name FROG POND BASIN DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 8, P. 54-55.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 30, P. 21.

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS.

Beyond USGS

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