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Bouchard Lake

Coordinates: 47°13′14″N 115°00′02″W / 47.2205°N 115.0005°W / 47.2205; -115.0005
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Bouchard Lake
Bouchard Lake near Bald Hill
Bouchard Lake is located in Montana
Bouchard Lake
Bouchard Lake
Location in Montana
LocationMineral County, Montana, United States
Coordinates47°13′14″N 115°00′02″W / 47.2205°N 115.0005°W / 47.2205; -115.0005[1]
TypeNatural/Fresh Water Lake
Primary outflowsoutlet northwards to Clark Fork River
Basin countriesUnited States
Max. length2,460 ft (750 m)
Max. width315 ft (96 m)
Surface area16.2 acres (6.6 ha)[2]
Surface elevation2,943 ft (897 m)[1]

Bouchard Lake is an L-shaped body of water covering sixteen acres in Mineral County, Montana in the United States. The lake is located five miles northwest of Superior, Montana in the valley of the Clark Fork River.

Geology

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Bouchard Lake has given its name to the Bouchard Formation, a geologic unit "composed principally of interbedded micaceous quartzite and quartzose argillite that conformably overlies the Sloway formation" exposed near the lake.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bouchard Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Bouchard Lake". Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  3. ^ Campbell, Arthur B. (1960). "Geology and Mineral Deposits of the St. Regis-Superior Area Mineral County, Montana" (PDF). Geological Survey Bulletin 1082-1. United States Department of the Interior. p. 567. Retrieved July 9, 2020.