| Deposit ID | 10107296 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W013399 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Anderson Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Brock Mine, Warm Spring Mine, Anderson Opencut Mine |
| Related records | 10245498 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.83702, 46.64017 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1430 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 14.0 KM NNW OF GARRISON. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Powell(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Windy Rock(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Powell |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 010N | 010W | 02,03,10,11 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Primary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Result | 18-31% P2O5 GRADE |
|---|---|
| Result | 3.8% F |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Phosphorite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Phosphoria Formation (Retort Member) | ||||
| Rock description | Phosphoria Formation (Retort Member) | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -112.83702, 46.64017 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | West Limb Of Garrison Anticline |
| General form | BLANKET |
|---|---|
| Strike | N30W |
| Dip | 30SW |
| Thickness | 1.2M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1929 |
| District name | Garrison District |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Cominco American, Inc., Garrison, Mt. |
| Year | 1961 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1955-1961 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | P | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Anderson Opencut 31.5% P2o5. | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 2743.2M |
| Overall depth | 457.2M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W013399 |
USBM RI 6611, P. 20-30.
MBMG SP 25, P. 6.
MBMG BULL 72, P. 31.
MBMG BULL 115, P. 25.
1965 GEOCHEM USBM PUBLISHED
SEE GENERAL REFERENCES
MBMG BULL 115, P. 25. USBM RI 6611, P. 23.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | First Production Year: 1929 (FOR ADJACENT ANDERSON MINE WHICH IS NOW INACTIVE) |
| Deposit | THE ANDERSON MINE HAS MINED THE RETORT PHOSPHATE MEMBER. THE MINING SECTION AVERAGES ABOUT 3.5-4.0 FT OF OOLITIC PHOSPHORITE SEPARATED BY DISTINCT PARTINGS AND THIN SEAMS OF CLAY. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1976 | Berg, Richard B. (Krohn, D. H.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1982 | Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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