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Senecal Incline

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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013344
MRDS ID D009579
Record type Site
Current site name Senecal Incline

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.40367, 46.5624 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.0 KM E 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 006W 06 SW OF NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • N SIDE OF THE LITTLE BLACKFOOT RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Analytical data

Result 28.5% P2O5 HIGHEST

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) -112.40367, 46.5624
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N25e

Ore body information

  • Dip 15 NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • A FAULT BLOCK NEAR THE NOSE 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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 25.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 6611, P. 48, 49, 50

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BROKEN ORE

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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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