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Warm Springs Mine

Producer 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013346
MRDS ID D009583
Record type Site
Current site name Warm Springs Mine
Alternate or previous names Spokane Chemical Co. Prospect, Anderson-Brock Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.54951, 46.61934 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 10.5 KM N OF GARRISON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Avon(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 010N;010N 010W;009W 11,13,24;19 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT LONG ARE CENTRAL FOR MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Analytical data

Result 26.4-31.5% P2O5

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) -112.54951, 46.61934
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Garrison Anticline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Garrison District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cominco American, Inc.
    Home office Garrison, Mt. 59731

Comments on development

  • HAS JOINED WITH BROCK AND ANDERSON MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 6611, P. 22, 445.

  • Deposit

    MBMG SP 25, P. 7.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 115, P. 24.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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