Racetrack District

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Tungsten
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 60000357
MRDS ID D009566
Record type District
Current site name Racetrack District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.0009, 46.29159 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position LAT LONG ARE CENTRAL FOR DISTRICT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1967)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pozega Lakes(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 Powell

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.0009, 46.29159

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description RACETRACK PLUTON
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 1895
Discoverer Benjamin Daniels

Mining district

District name RACETRACK DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 84, P. 46-48.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 98, P. 25.

Beyond USGS

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