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Fluorite No. 1

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012855
MRDS ID D008837
Record type Site
Current site name Fluorite No. 1
Alternate or previous names Grand Deposit 17
Related records 10197071

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.95089, 45.2624 (WGS84)
Elevation 2088
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1.5 MI W OF ERMONT., Within 1000 Ft Radius., Within 1000 Ft Radius.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ermont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 011W 33 SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • JUST SOUTH OF DIRT ROAD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Missoula
    Rock description Missoula
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.95089, 45.2624
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. M. Fleming
    First year 1964

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 BULLDOZER CUT.

Comments on development

  • 1 UNPATENTED CLAIM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENSES IN 10 FT THICK SHALE BED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-82 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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