Dry Cottonwood Creek is a creek in Deer Lodge County, Montana. Approximately 10 miles (16 km) long, it flows northwest out of the southern reaches of the Boulder Mountains into the Clark Fork river near Deer Lodge, Montana. Sapphires are found along this creek.[2]
| Dry Cottonwood Creek | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Location | Deer Lodge County, Montana |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • coordinates | 46°12′39″N 112°39′01″W / 46.21083°N 112.65028°W |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 46°14′40″N 112°45′03″W / 46.24444°N 112.75083°W[1] |
• elevation | 4,705 feet (1,434 m) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Columbia River |
Notes edit
- ^ "Dry Cottonwood Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Voynick, Stephen M. (1985). Yogo The Great American Sapphire (March 1995 printing, 1987 ed.). Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing. p. 193. ISBN 0-87842-217-X.