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Mccartney Mtn. Phosphate Field

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Manganese
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019912
MRDS ID DC11912
Record type Site
Current site name Mccartney Mtn. Phosphate Field

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.57755, 45.42962 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 14 MILES N10E OF DILLON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Block Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Beaverhead
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004S;005S 008W;008W 27,34,35;03,04,09,10,16 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • GEODETIC AND ALTITUDE DATA ARE APPROXIMATE. FIELD INCLUDES PARTS OF SECTIONS LISTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.57755, 45.42962
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 6 FT. BED; 55-82% TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mccartney Mountain Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 780-A, 1925, P. 30, 31, PL. 2.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-26-1963

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1982 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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