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Newman Brothers Prospect

Occurrence in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013343
MRDS ID D009578
Record type Site
Current site name Newman Brothers Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.43367, 46.5674 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position N OF ELLISTON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elliston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009N 007W 02 NE OF NE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Analytical data

Result 23% P2O5 FOR 7 FT ZONE, 26% P2O5 FOR 2 FT ZONE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Phosphorite
    Rock unit name Phosphoria Formation (Retort Member)
    Rock description Phosphoria Formation (Retort Member)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.43367, 46.5674
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Elliston Anticline

Ore body information

  • Strike N TO S
    Dip 20W
    Thickness 3.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • A SMALL FAULT BLOCK ON THE SW LIMB OF THE ELLISTON ANTICLINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Elliston District

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 6611, P. 48, 49, 50

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 7 FT THICK ORE HAS 23% P2O5, THIS INCLUDED 2 FT OF 36% P2O5 OR 4 FT OF 29.4% ORE. TOTAL THICKNESS OF ZONE IS 13 FT, AVERAGING 15% P2O5.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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