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Skeels Mine

Past Producer in Granite 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019287
MRDS ID DC09382
Record type Site
Current site name Skeels Mine
Alternate or previous names Washington Phsophat & Silver Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.22592, 46.45211 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.4 KM SE OF MAXVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maxville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 013W 16 NE OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • W SIDE BOULDER CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

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) -113.22592, 46.45211
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Bungalow Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Philipsburg, Anticline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1929
Year of last production 1949

Mining district

District name Maxville District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Soluble Phosphates, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Leo H. Skeels

Production statistics

  • Year 1932
    Period 1929-1932
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Direct Application 16-17% P205
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 17wt-pct
  • Year 1948
    Period 1946-1948
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Direct Application 16-17% P205
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 17wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 188.98M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MEMBER IS BROKEN, CRUSHED, AND FAULTED. THE THICKNESS OF THE MINING SECTION IS BETWEEN 2-11 FT; THE ORE WAS LOW-GRADE AND CONTAINED SMALL AMOUNTS OF ORGANIC MATTER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 847 P. 188, PL. 28.

  • Deposit

    MBMG SP 25, P. 7.

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 6611, P. 59, 67.

  • Production

    USBM RI 6611, P. 67.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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