| Deposit ID | 10123692 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300010518 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | West Fork-Blacktail Creek |
| Alternate or previous names | West Fork,Blacktail Creek |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.29866, 44.7621 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2256 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaverhead(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Whiskey Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lima(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Beaverhead(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Beaverhead |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 012 S | 006 W | 26 | SE | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Primary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Ore Body (1) | -112.29866, 44.7621 |
|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
|---|---|
| Significant | No |
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
|---|
| Ownership category | Unknown |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300010518 |
MONTANA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS,MINOBRAS 1975 PG 13
POPOFF, C.C., 1965, AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE
INDUSTRY AND IT'S RESOURCES,PT 2, MONTANA, USBM RI 6611.
LUFT, STANLEY, 1958, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY
PROPERTIES AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPT., PHOSPHATE REPT.
CRESSMAN,E.R., 1953, STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS OF THE
PHOSPHORIA FM. IN MONTANA, 1949-50, PT. 7: USGS CIRC. 302, 2
SWANSON,R.W.,1970, MINERAL RESOURCES IN PERMIAN ROCKS OF S.W
MONTANA, USGS PROF. PAPER 313-E.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LOCATION CONSISTS OF TRENCHES NEAR WEST FORK OF BLACKTAIL CREEK. PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IS ON S.E. LIMB OF THE SNOWCREST ANTICLINE STRIKING N73W DIPPING 37 S.E.(BEDDING). RETORT MEMBER: BED IS 1.3 FT THICK AT 30.6% P2O5, 2.2 FT THICK AT 26.9% P2O5, 4.4 FT THICK AT 20.4% P2O5 MEAD PEAK MEMBER: BED IS 4 FT THICK AT 17.2% P2O5. SAMPLE LOT 1302 FROM PROF. PAPER 313E IS LOCATED HERE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 05-JAN-1984 | Benjamin | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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