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Unidentified Occurrence

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Chromium, REE
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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. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094565
MRDS ID D009397
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.10397, 46.46517 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position 0.6 MILES SOUTHEAST FROM THE HEAD OF HORSESHOE BASIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(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)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 012W 09 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Chromium Critical Secondary
REE Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 43.9%, 1000 PPM CK; 300 PPM LA.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.10397, 46.46517
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Princeton (South Boulder Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.001HA

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT AND DOZER TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FIELD REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISTURBED AREA APPROXIMATELY 2.5 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Bishop, Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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