Clancy District

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001632
MRDS ID W002872
Record type District
Current site name Clancy District
Alternate or previous names Lump Gulch District, Warm Springs Creek District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.98418, 46.4666 (WGS84)
Relative position MOUNTAINOUS; SPREAD OVER A WIDE REGION - CLANCY IS NEAR THE CENTER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clancy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granitic rock

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description BOULDER BATHOLITH, DIKES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • THICK PORPHYRY DIKE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1866
Discoverer Joseph Fultz
Year of first production 1866

Mining district

District name CLANCY DISTRICT
District name LUMP GULCH DISTRICT
District name WARM SPRINGS CREEK DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J. T. AND J. C. SCHRADER, 1933, METALLIFEROUS DEPOSITS OF THE GREATER HELENA MINING REGION, MONTANA, USGS BULL. 842 P. 227-232

  • Deposit

    KNOPF, A., 1913, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE HELENA MINING REGION, MONTANA USGS BULL. 527 P. 102-107

  • Deposit

    STONE, R. W., 1910, GEOLOGIC RELATION OF ORE DEPOSITS IN THE ELKHORN MOUNTAINS, USGS BULL. 470.

Beyond USGS

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