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Elliston Phosphate Mine Phosphate

Past 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019321
MRDS ID DC09508
Record type Site
Current site name Elliston Phosphate Mine Phosphate
Alternate or previous names Little Blackfoot River Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.42311, 46.56212 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 0.25 MI 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 007W 01 NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • JUST E. OF ELLISTON NEAR MI. POST 28.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Analytical data

Result 29.8% P2O5

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Phosphorite
    Rock unit name Phosphoria Formation
    Rock description Phosphoria Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.42311, 46.56212
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Elliston Anticline

Ore body information

  • Strike N TO S
    Dip 90
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Elliston District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Northwestern Improvement Co.

Comments on the production information

  • UP TO 1930 A SMALL TONAGE OF ORE WAS SHIPPED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NEAR SURFACE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 20.42M

Comments on the workings information

  • AN ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS FILES

  • Deposit

    MBMG SP 25, P. 7.

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 6611, P. 48-50.

  • Production

    USBM R1 6611, P. 50

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE RETORT MEMBER MAX THICKNESS IS 6FT, THE MINING SECTION WAS 1.5 FT THICK. IT IS BROKEN AND FAULTED.

Reporter information

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

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