Deer Lodge County, Montana

67 topographic sheets cover 24 settlements here, and 33 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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33 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Montana within the United States

Deer Lodge County within Montana

What the record shows

447 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
33 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 26 buildings, 5 districts and 2 structures.
5 of the 33 listings were added during the 1970s.
The Geographic Names Information System records 24 populated places in this county; 24 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Property	Type	Listed	Reference
Alpine Apartments	building	1998	98001299
Anaconda Copper Mining Company Smoke Stack	structure	1987	87000607
Anaconda Saddle Club	district	2007	06001296
Ancient Order of Hibernians Hall	building	1979	79003721
Barich Block	building	1983	83001058
Branscombe Automobile Machine Shop	building	2000	00001522
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway Historic District	district	1988	88001111
City Hall	building	1979	79003722
Club Moderne	building	1986	86001498
James V. Collins House	building	2000	00001521
Davidson Building	building	1983	83001059
Deer Lodge County Courthouse	building	1978	78001681
Driver's Saloon and Café	building	2023	100008428
Theodore Eck House	building	1998	98001298
John Furst House	building	1998	98001296
Glenn's Dam Historic District	district	2020	100005107
Glover Cabin	building	2000	00001524
Goosetown Historic District	district	1998	98000156
Granite Apartments	building	2000	00001517
Hearst Free Library	building	1973	73001051
Lorraine Apartments	building	2000	00001520
Duncan Matheson House	building	1998	98001295
Methodist Episcopal Church of Anaconda	building	1994	94000783
Montana Hotel	building	1998	98000155
Morel Bridge	structure	2000	00001491
New Brunswick House, The	building	2000	00001514
Sheehan Boardinghouse	building	2000	00001519
St. Mark's Episcopal Church	building	1978	78001682
US Post Office-Anaconda Main	building	1986	86000677
George Waddell House	building	1998	98001300
Washoe Theater	building	1982	82003162
West Side Historic District	district	1998	98000396
Zion Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church	building	1998	98001297

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

313 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 313 of them, burning about 48,175 acres. 75 started naturally and 4 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Recreation and ceremony	89
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	76
Natural	75
Debris and open burning	36
Equipment and vehicle use	13
Power generation/transmission/distribution	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Smoking	4
Arson/incendiarism	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Fireworks	2
Other causes	1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
31 July 2000	Natural	46,681 acres	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	MUSSIGBROD
15 August 2007	Natural	1,011 acres	Flathead National Forest	CALBICK
10 August 2003	Natural	93 acres	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	TWIN LAKES
30 June 2000	Debris and open burning	70 acres	Southwestern Land Office	not named
13 October 2002	Debris and open burning	55 acres	Southwestern Land Office	not named
3 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	33 acres	Deer Lodge County	PINTLER VISTA
10 February 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	30 acres	Southwestern Land Office	OPPORTUNITY
23 August 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	30 acres	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	FOSTER CREEK

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1959 to 2023

46 of 46 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 46 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 5 injuries and about $729,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Hail	21
Thunderstorm Wind	11
Heavy Rain	4
Flood	3
Lightning	3
Flash Flood	2
Tornado	1
Funnel Cloud	1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
September 2005	Lightning	Anaconda	3 hurt	no account filed
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Anaconda	2 hurt	no account filed
July 2017	Flash Flood	Anaconda	$685,000	There were several reports of very heavy rainfall including one that came from the NWS COOP observer at the golf course: 0.75 of rain in 20 to 25 minutes. Multiple homes experienced flooded basements, man hole covers were lifted off and floated down roads, and Westhill Park road was flooded with a depth of up to 4 feet. The Old Works Golf Course in Anaconda reported the cost to repair flood damage to be $660,000.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	West Vly	$18,000	On July 17, 2013, a multicellular thunderstorm developed a gustnado causing a roof to be torn off of a closed garage and thrown into a power pole. The power pole broke off leaving live wires on the ground. Another shed immediately downstream was torn apart and thrown across the yard. The path of the damage was about 200 yards long and 50 to 100 feet wide. A neighbor watching the event occur from a few feet away, reported swirling debris for at least 10 to 15 seconds.
June 2015	Heavy Rain	Anaconda	$15,000	A cluster of thunderstorms brought heavy rain just west of Anaconda. Edward from Anaconda reported 0.59 inches of rain and his friend who lives to the west recorded 1.13 inches of precipitation. The intense rain caused mud run off into a basement.
May 2009	Flood	West Vly	$10,000	Basement flooding was reported by the DES Coordinator in two homes along Fifer Creek on Hemlock Street in Anaconda.
July 2009	Lightning	Anaconda	$1,000	Lightning from a thunderstorm that rolled through Anaconda started a roof on fire that was put out by the fire department before extensive damage occurred. The fire burned though the exterior of the roof and down into the insulation, about 20 square feet of the roof.
July 2023	Hail	Anaconda	-	There were two reports of quarter sized hail, one on the west side of Anaconda and another 2 miles north of Warm Springs as the storm moved northeastward.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Warm Spgs	-	A weather station near I-90, just east of Anaconda measured a wind gust of 64 mph from a thunderstorm.
May 2017	Hail	Southern Cross	-	A trained spotter in Georgetown Lake reported half-dollar size hail.
April 2012	Heavy Rain	Anaconda	-	A spotter measured 0.46 inches of rain in Anaconda.
June 2012	Hail	Southern Cross	-	Hail was estimated at 1 inch one mile west southwest of Georgetown.
June 2011	Flood	Anaconda	-	Warm Springs Creek flooded the Cedar Street bridge in Anaconda. Homes and Cedar Street bridge were sand bagged. Washoe Park was flooded. Water flooded the foundation of 4 homes.
June 2010	Hail	Southern Cross	-	One inch hail estimated by the COOP observer in Georgetown Lake.
August 2010	Heavy Rain	West Vly	-	A trained spotter reported a one hour rainfall total of 0.91 inches of rain.
August 2010	Heavy Rain	Anaconda	-	A trained spotter reported that 0.78 inches of precipitation fell in 40 to 50 minutes.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Anaconda	-	The Deer Lodge County emergency manager reported tin roof and shingle damage in Anaconda. Storm drains were also having difficulty keeping up with the heavy rainfall amounts.
July 2009	Hail	Southern Cross	-	Weather spotter reported quarter sized hail.
July 2008	Hail	Anaconda	-	Trained spotter in Anaconda reported 1.00 inch hail.
July 2008	Hail	Anaconda	-	Trained spotter in Anaconda reported 0.75 inch hail.
July 2009	Hail	Anaconda	-	no account filed
July 2009	Hail	Anaconda	-	no account filed
August 2006	Hail	Anaconda	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Anaconda	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Anaconda	-	no account filed
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Anaconda	-	no account filed
July 2002	Flash Flood	Anaconda	-	no account filed
June 2002	Funnel Cloud	Anaconda	-	no account filed
August 2002	Hail	Anaconda	-	no account filed
August 2001	Hail	Anaconda	-	no account filed
August 1999	Hail	Anaconda	-	no account filed
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Anaconda	-	no account filed
August 1998	Hail	Anaconda	-	no account filed
July 1998	Hail	Anaconda	-	no account filed
June 1997	Flood	Anaconda	-	no account filed
June 1997	Lightning	Warm Spgs	-	no account filed
September 1997	Tornado (F0)	Opportunity	-	no account filed
April 1996	Hail	Anaconda	-	no account filed
April 1996	Hail	Anaconda	-	no account filed
June 1994	Hail	Anaconda	-	no account filed
August 1990	Thunderstorm Wind	not stated	-	no account filed
July 1989	Thunderstorm Wind	not stated	-	no account filed
July 1988	Thunderstorm Wind	not stated	-	no account filed
June 1988	Thunderstorm Wind	not stated	-	no account filed
July 1968	Thunderstorm Wind	not stated	-	no account filed
June 1959	Hail	not stated	-	no account filed

Mines and quarries

269 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 269 workings inside this county. 15 still produce and 254 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Gold	70
Silver	52
Tungsten	50
Copper	23
Dolomite	13
Iron	10
Limestone, General	7
Antimony	7
Copper, Lead	7
Silica	7
Pumice	6
Gold, Silver	6
Phosphorus-Phosphates	5
Arsenic	4

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Anaconda Quarry	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium	Occurrence
Area North of Warm Springs Creek	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Chromium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Nickel, Uranium, Vanadium, REE	Prospect
Black Chief Iron Mine	Iron, Zinc	Past Producer	Contact Metasomatic
Blue-Eyed Nellie District	Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Silica, Limestone, General, Dolomite	Past Producer	1880
Blue-Eyed Nellie Mine	Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Antimony, Cadmium	Past Producer	1885
Bresnahan and Fenner	Silver, Copper, Lead, Tungsten, Cobalt, Bismuth	Occurrence	Scheelite
Cable Mine	Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Copper, Lead, Iron, Zinc, Manganese, Arsenic, Antimony	Past Producer	1866, 1867, 1957
Cameron Mine	Silver, Silica, Lead, Copper	Past Producer	1885, 1965
Cameron Mine	Silver, Copper, Lead, Silica	Unknown
Cameron Quartz Lode Mine	Gold, Silica, Silver	Past Producer
Champion Silver Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic, Chromium, Antimony	Past Producer	Pyrargyrite
Chicken Hawk Claims	Cobalt, Copper	Occurrence
Clay Deposit Se of the Town of Lost Creek	Brick Clay	Occurrence	Calcite, Feldspar, Illite, Kaolin, Mica, Quartz
Dry Cottonwood Placer	Gold, Corundum, Gemstone	Producer	Gold
Foster Creek Limestone Bluff's Sample	Limestone, High Calcium	Occurrence	1960
Garrity Hill Area	Phosphorus-Phosphates, REE, Chromium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Nickel, Vanadium, Uranium	Prospect
George	Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead	Past Producer
Gold Coin Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper, Platinum	Past Producer	1898
Great Eastern Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Dolomite	Past Producer	1894, 1903
Jackpot Mine	Copper, Molybdenum	Occurrence
Jetty Mine	Silver, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Copper, Antimony	Occurrence	Replacement
Jetty Mine	Silver, Zinc, Antimony, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite	Unknown
Johnson Basin District	Tungsten, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Dolomite, Limestone, High Calcium	Past Producer	1906
Lost Creek Canyon Granite	Stone, Dimension	Occurrence
Lower Seymour Lk Mo Occ	Molybdenum, Silver, Tungsten	Occurrence	Stockwork
Montana Mine	Gold, Antimony, Copper, Iron	Past Producer
New Hope Lode	Gold, Silver, Lead	Occurrence	1903
Olson Gulch District	Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Iron, Copper, Lead	Past Producer	1880
Ontario Mine	Silver, Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite, Arsenic	Past Producer	1906
Oro Fino	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Gemstone	Past Producer	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite
Placer Fire Clay Pit	Clay	Producer
Sand Hollow	Bentonite	Unknown
Silver Chain Mine	Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Arsenic, Cadmium, Antimony, Tungsten	Past Producer	Replacement Vein
Silver Lake District	Tungsten, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Antimony, Dolomite	Past Producer	1884
Silver Prospect	Zinc, Lead, Silver, Tin, Copper, Cadmium, Antimony	Occurrence	Vein
Silver Prospect	Silver, Chromium, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Antimony, Arsenic	Occurrence	Vein
Silver Reef Mine	Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Antimony	Past Producer	1884
Southern Cross Mine	Silver, Gold, Copper, Arsenic, Bismuth	Past Producer	1866, 1872, 1942
Sunshine Mine	Silver, Tungsten, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Antimony	Past Producer	1957
Unidentified Occurrence	Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, Arsenic, Cadmium	Occurrence	Vein
Unknown Ag Mine Dry Cottonwood Creek	Silver, Antimony, Chromium, Arsenic	Occurrence	Vein
Unknown Ag Mine E of S Fork Cottonwood Creek	Silver, Arsenic, Barium-Barite	Occurrence	Unknown
Unknown Ag Mine On South Stuckey Ridge	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Bismuth	Occurrence	Unknown
Unknown Ag Mine S Fork Cottonwood Creek	Zinc, Silver, Chromium, Arsenic	Occurrence	Vein
Unknown Ag Mine Se of Cottonwood Creek Guard Sta	Silver, Chromium	Occurrence	Vein
Unnamed Corundum	Corundum	Occurrence
Unnamed Minerals	Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Copper	Occurrence
Warm Springs Limestone Sample	Limestone, Ultra Pure	Occurrence	1960
White Cliff Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Anaconda Hot Springs	Geothermal, Iron	Producer
Carbonator Prospect	Silver, Tungsten	Occurrence	Scheelite
Dickie Hills Ba Occurrence	Barium-Barite	Occurrence	Vein
Hesperia & Minerva	Manganese	Occurrence
Hungry Hill Mine	Lead, Copper	Occurrence	Vein
Montana Claim	Gold, Silver, Copper, Antimony	Past Producer	1902
Ontario Mine	Silver, Barium-Barite	Past Producer
Ruby Queen	Silver, Chromium, Arsenic	Occurrence	Unknown
Soledad & Iron Crown Claims	Manganese	Occurrence
Warm Springs	Geothermal	Producer
Anaconda Clay Pit	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer	Feldspar, Kaolin, Quartz
Blue-Eyed Nellie Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Browns Quarry	Limestone, Dimension	Producer
Champaign Lode Claim	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper	Occurrence	1905
Crackerville Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Deniff Quarry	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Diamond Placer	Gold, Lead, Silver	Unknown
H. L. M. Prospect	Tungsten, Silver	Past Producer	Scheelite
Last Resort Claim	Lead, Copper, Silver	Occurrence
Limestone Occurrence	Limestone, Dimension	Occurrence
Limestone Occurrence	Limestone, Dimension	Occurrence
Lucky Sunday Mine	Copper, Lead, Silver	Past Producer	Unknown
Matchless Lode	Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper	Occurrence	Gold
Northwest	Copper, Lead	Occurrence
Places Fire Clay Mine	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer	Clay
S and N Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Silver Prospect	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Antimony	Occurrence	Galena
Smith Prospect	Tungsten, Silver	Past Producer	Scheelite
St Louis Mine	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	Occurrence
Tip Top Mine	Copper, Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Antimony	Past Producer	1875
Tri City Concrete Prods	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Ag Occurence Nw of Gospel Hill	Lead, Zinc, Silver, Bismuth	Occurrence	Unknown
Unknown Cu-Pb Mine W Side of Gospel Hill	Copper, Lead, Bismuth	Occurrence	Unknown
Weathervane Hill	Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silver	Occurrence	Fluorspar
Dry Cottonwood Creek	Sapphire, Gold	Occurrence
Dry Cottonwood Creek	Sapphire, Gold	Occurrence
Dry Cottonwood Creek Placer	Sapphire, Gold	Producer
Gem River Sapphire	Sapphire	Prospect
Girard	Gold, Copper, Silver	Occurrence
Great Eastern Mine	Silver, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer
Main Range Beryl	Beryllium	Occurrence	Beryl
Main Range Beryl	Beryllium	Occurrence
Mill Creek Occurence	Beryllium, Fluorine-Fluorite	Occurrence	Contact Metasomatic
Mill Creek Occurence	Beryllium	Occurrence
Mystery	Fluorine-Fluorite	Unknown
Pyrenees Mine	Silver, Gold, Copper, Arsenic	Past Producer	1870
Revenue	Gold, Copper, Silver	Past Producer
Silver Reef Mine	Silver, Gold	Past Producer
Unknown Ag Mine	Silver, Arsenic	Occurrence	Vein
Unknown Ag Mine N Fork Dry Cottonwood Creek	Silver, Arsenic	Occurrence	Unknown
Unknown Ag Mine Near Head of Sand Hollow	Silver, Arsenic	Occurrence	Vein
Unknown Cu Occurence Sw of Cottonwood Mt.	Copper, Silver	Occurrence	Vein
Weathervane Hill	Fluorine-Fluorite	Occurrence
Garrity Hill	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Unknown
Unnamed Phosphate Occurrence	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Occurrence
Conquest	Copper, Gold, Silver	Unknown
Gold Coin Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper	Past Producer	1898, 1906
Hold Fast-Short Shift-Goldenwedg Mines	Gold, Silver, Copper	Past Producer	1920, 1942
Pumice Deposit	Pumice	Occurrence
Unnamed Pumice	Pumice	Occurrence
Unnamed Pumice	Pumice	Occurrence
Unnamed Pumice	Pumice	Occurrence
Unnamed Pumice	Pumice	Occurrence
Warm Springs Pumicite	Pumice	Occurrence
Antelope Mine	Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony	Past Producer	1885, 1965
Blue Eyed Nellie Creek Quarry	Silica	Past Producer	Quartzite
Brown's Quarry	Limestone, General	Past Producer	Limestone
Foster Creek	Limestone, General	Unknown
Hoodoo Gulch	Limestone, General	Past Producer
Lucky Sunday Mine	Silver, Copper, Lead	Past Producer
Luke Quarry	Silica	Past Producer	Quartz
Luke Silica Quarry	Silica	Past Producer
McKay Adit	Limestone, General	Unknown
Modesty Creek	Silica	Unknown
New Year Mine	Silver, Copper, Lead	Past Producer
Nw Garrity Mountain Limestone Sample	Limestone, General	Occurrence	1960
Okoreaka Mine	Silver, Copper, Lead	Unknown
Okoreka Mine	Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony	Past Producer	Replacement
Olson Gulch	Silica	Unknown
Snow White	Silica	Past Producer	1963
Snow White Quarry	Silica	Producer
Stuckey Ridge	Limestone, General, Dolomite	Unknown
Timber Gulch	Limestone, General	Unknown
War Eagle Mine	Gold, Copper, Lead	Occurrence
Anaconda Slag Dump	Iron	Unknown
Bishop Iron Deposit	Iron	Occurrence
Black Chief Iron Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Grey Rock Claim	Gold, Silver, Iron	Occurrence	1885
Luxemburg Mine	Gold, Iron	Past Producer
Pomeroy Mine	Iron	Past Producer	1866, 1921
Twilight Mine	Gold, Iron	Past Producer	Gold, Hematite, Iron, Limonite
Twilight Mine	Gold, Iron	Past Producer
Blue Eyed Nellie Magnesian Limestone Sample	Dolomite	Occurrence	1960
Camp Silver Cloud Dolomite Sample	Dolomite	Occurrence	1960
East Foster Creek Dolmite Sample	Dolomite	Occurrence
East Spring Hill Dolomite Sample	Dolomite	Occurrence	1960
Foster Creek Dolomite Bluffs Sample	Dolomite	Occurrence	1960
North Silver Lake Dolomite Sample	Dolomite	Occurrence	1960
South Spring Hill Magnesian Limestone Sample	Dolomite	Occurrence	1960
Storm Lake Creek Dolomite Deposit	Dolomite	Occurrence	1960
Warm Springs Creek-E Side	Dolomite	Unknown
Warm Springs Dolomite Sample	Dolomite	Occurrence	1960
Wrath Hill Dolomite Sample	Dolomite	Occurrence	1960
(Facility) Anaconda Reduction Smelter	Copper	Plant
Abbot Property	Tungsten, Copper	Unknown
Morgan Evans Claim	Copper	Unknown
Pyrenees Mine	Gold, Copper	Past Producer
Rich Strike	Tungsten, Copper	Unknown
Silver Chain Mine	Silver, Copper	Prospect
Silver Heart	Silver, Copper	Past Producer
Silver Hill Mine	Copper	Occurrence	Copper
Silver Hill Mine	Copper	Unknown
Stormway-Morgan Evans Mine	Silver, Copper	Occurrence	Bornite, Chalcopyrite
War Eagle Claim	Gold, Copper	Occurrence	Gold
Yellow Jacket Mine	Copper	Occurrence
Ben G Prospect	Tungsten	Occurrence	Replacement
Ben G Prospect	Tungsten	Occurrence
Big Bear Prospect	Tungsten	Occurrence	Scheelite
Big Bear Prospect	Tungsten	Occurrence
Big Six Prospect	Tungsten	Occurrence	Scheelite
Big Six Prospect	Tungsten	Occurrence
Black Shirt	Tungsten, Silver	Unknown
Blackshirt Prospect	Silver, Tungsten	Occurrence	Scheelite
Bresnahan & Fenner Prospect	Tungsten	Unknown
Bull Elk	Tungsten	Occurrence
Calcabe Prospect	Tungsten	Occurrence
Campbell Prospect	Tungsten	Occurrence
Carbonator Prospect	Silver, Tungsten	Unknown
Ceto Prospect	Tungsten	Occurrence
Georgetown District	Tungsten	Producer	REPLACEMENT QUARTZ VEINS, SHEAR ZONES
Gyp Prospect	Tungsten	Unknown
H L M Prospect	Tungsten	Prospect
Hanson-Meloy Prospect	Silver, Tungsten	Prospect
Lucky Arrowhead	Tungsten	Occurrence
Mc Cabe Prospect	Tungsten	Occurrence	1956
Mccabe Property	Tungsten	Prospect
Moonlight	Tungsten	Occurrence
Moonlight Prospect	Tungsten	Unknown
Old Bonanza Mine	Tungsten	Past Producer
Pay Day	Tungsten	Past Producer	1954, 1955
Pay Day Prospect	Tungsten	Past Producer
Payoff Prospect	Tungsten	Occurrence
Rambler	Silver, Tungsten	Past Producer	Scheelite
Rambler	Tungsten, Silver	Past Producer
Randy Claim	Tungsten	Unknown
Rising Star Prospect	Tungsten	Occurrence
Sager-Murphy	Tungsten	Occurrence
Sager-Murphy Prospect	Tungsten	Occurrence	Scheelite
Sheila Prospect	Tungsten	Occurrence	Scheelite
Sheila Prospect	Tungsten	Prospect
Silver Moss Mine	Silver, Tungsten	Past Producer
Smith Prospect	Silver, Tungsten	Past Producer
Some Mine	Tungsten	Past Producer
Storm Lake Deposits	Tungsten	Occurrence
Sunshine Mine	Silver, Tungsten	Past Producer
Tip Top Mine	Silver, Tungsten	Past Producer
Tommy Prospect	Silver, Tungsten	Occurrence
Tommy Prospect	Tungsten	Unknown
Trigger Mill	Tungsten	Producer
Trigger Mine	Tungsten	Past Producer	1958
Trigger Mine	Tungsten	Past Producer
Alturas Mine	Silver	Past Producer
Antelope & Chain Mine	Silver	Past Producer
Champion Silver Mine	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Cottonwood Mine	Silver	Past Producer
Mike Hannon Mine	Silver	Past Producer	1900
Minnehaha & Horseshoe Group	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Mountain View	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Richmond Mine	Silver	Past Producer	Underground
Ruby Mine	Silver	Past Producer	Unknown
Ruby Mine	Silver	Past Producer
Silver Moss Mine	Silver, Gold	Unknown
Unnamed Gold & Silver	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Apex Mine	Gold	Past Producer
Black Moon Claim	Gold	Occurrence	Gold
Black Moon Claim	Gold	Occurrence
Bob Evans Mine	Gold	Producer	Unknown
Bob Evans Mine	Gold	Occurrence
Boca Placer Claim	Gold	Occurrence	1938
Cable Placer	Gold	Past Producer	1872
Cable Placer	Gold	Past Producer	1988
Daly Placer Mine	Gold	Producer	Placer
Daly Placer Mine	Gold	Occurrence
Dry Gulch Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Dry Gulch Placer	Gold	Past Producer
East Fork Prospects	Gold	Occurrence	Vein
French Creek Placer and Tributaries	Gold	Past Producer	1864
Georgetown Placer	Gold	Past Producer
Georgetown Placers	Gold	Past Producer	1870, 1936
Grey Rock Claim	Gold	Unknown
Hidden Hand	Gold	Occurrence
Holdfast	Gold	Occurrence
Honorah G.	Gold	Occurrence
Lost Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	1939
Lost Creek Placer	Gold	Occurrence
Luxemburg Mine	Gold	Past Producer	1875
Madag Placer	Gold	Occurrence	1931
Mayflower Claim	Gold	Occurrence	Gold
Mayflower Claim	Gold	Unknown
Mill & Clear Creek Placer	Gold	Occurrence
Mill and Clear Creeks Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
North Atlantic	Gold	Occurrence
Oro Fino	Gold	Occurrence
Oro Fino Creek Placer	Gold	Prospect
Orofino Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Orphan Boy Mine	Gold	Unknown
Orphan Boy-Orofino Mine	Gold	Past Producer	Gold
Paregon Placer Claim	Gold	Occurrence	1938
Pyrite Mine	Gold	Past Producer
Reliance Claim	Gold	Occurrence	Underground
Reliance Mine	Gold	Occurrence
Revenue Mine	Gold	Past Producer	1939, 1940
Silver Queen Mine	Gold	Past Producer	Gold
Silver Queen Mine	Gold	Occurrence
Sioux Placer	Gold	Occurrence
Summit Placer	Gold	Unknown
Unnamed Gold	Gold	Occurrence
Unnamed Gold	Gold	Occurrence
Unnamed Gold	Gold	Occurrence
Wildcat Nos. 1-40	Gold	Unknown

Every populated place in the county

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Anaconda

Anaconda census division · 59711 · Near Sheep Gulch · Anaconda North quadrangle

21 sheets, 1889 to 1996
Cable City

Anaconda census division · 59711 · Silver Lake quadrangle

16 sheets, 1908 to 1996

No longer a settlement
Champion

Warm Springs census division · 59722 · Near Gospel Hill · Lockhart Meadows quadrangle

23 sheets, 1889 to 1996

No longer a settlement
Crackerville

Anaconda census division · 59711 · Opportunity quadrangle

21 sheets, 1889 to 1996
Fishtrap

Anaconda census division · 59762 · On Fishtrap Creek · Foolhen Mountain quadrangle

12 sheets, 1955 to 1997
Fredrickson

Warm Springs census division · 59722 · Warm Springs quadrangle

21 sheets, 1889 to 1996

No longer a settlement
French Gulch

Anaconda census division · 59762 · On First Chance Creek · Lincoln Gulch quadrangle

12 sheets, 1955 to 1997

No longer a settlement
French Town

Anaconda census division · 59762 · Near Julius Gulch · Dickie Peak quadrangle

15 sheets, 1893 to 1997
Galen

Warm Springs census division · 59722 · On Lost Creek · Warm Springs quadrangle

21 sheets, 1889 to 1996
Georgetown

Anaconda census division · 59711 · On North Fork Flint Creek · Silver Lake quadrangle

16 sheets, 1908 to 1996
Gold Coin

Anaconda census division · 59711 · Near Daly Gulch · Silver Lake quadrangle

16 sheets, 1908 to 1996

No longer a settlement
Lost Creek

Anaconda census division · 59711 · Anaconda North quadrangle

21 sheets, 1889 to 1996
Mill Creek

Anaconda census division · 59711 · Anaconda South quadrangle

21 sheets, 1889 to 1996
Mine Creek

Anaconda census division · 59711 · Anaconda South quadrangle

21 sheets, 1889 to 1996
Morel

Warm Springs census division · 59711 · Near Whitcraft Gulch · Warm Springs quadrangle

21 sheets, 1889 to 1996
Opportunity

Warm Springs census division · 59711 · On Willow Creek · Opportunity quadrangle

21 sheets, 1889 to 1996
Silver Lake

Anaconda census division · 59711 · Near Daly Gulch · Silver Lake quadrangle

16 sheets, 1908 to 1996

No longer a settlement
Southern Cross

Anaconda census division · 59711 · Silver Lake quadrangle

16 sheets, 1908 to 1996

No longer a settlement
Staton

Anaconda census division · 59711 · Opportunity quadrangle

21 sheets, 1889 to 1996
Stuart

Warm Springs census division · 59711 · Near Hensley Gulch · Opportunity quadrangle

21 sheets, 1889 to 1996
Stump Town

Anaconda census division · 59711 · Near Big Gulch · West Valley quadrangle

16 sheets, 1908 to 1996
Sunnyside

Anaconda census division · 59711 · Near Ice House Gulch · Anaconda South quadrangle

21 sheets, 1889 to 1996
Warm Springs

Warm Springs census division · 59711 · On Silver Bow Creek · Warm Springs quadrangle

21 sheets, 1889 to 1996
West Valley

Anaconda census division · 59711 · Near Hatcher Field · West Valley quadrangle

16 sheets, 1908 to 1996

The vanished settlements of Deer Lodge County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.