Bouchard Lake

Bouchard Lake
Bouchard Lake near Bald Hill
Bouchard Lake Location in Montana
Location	Mineral County, Montana, United States
Coordinates	47°13′14″N115°00′02″W / 47.2205°N 115.0005°W / 47.2205; -115.0005 [1]
Type	Natural/Fresh Water Lake
Primary outflows	outlet northwards to Clark Fork River
Basin  countries	United States
Max. length	2,460 ft (750 m)
Max. width	315 ft (96 m)
Surface area	16.2 acres (6.6 ha) [2]
Surface elevation	2,943 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

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

1. "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.