Phosphate Occurrence

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10123725
MAS/MILS ID 0300390287
Record type Site
Current site name Phosphate Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.15121, 46.44709 (WGS84)
Elevation 2060

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maxville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(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 008 N 012 W 18 C Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -113.15121, 46.44709

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB

  • Deposit

    LUFT, STANLEY, 1958, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO.,

  • Deposit

    PROPERTIES AND INDUST. DEVELOP. DEPT., P2O5 REPORT.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T., 1921, PHOSPHATE ROCK NEAR MAXVILLE, GRANITE

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, MT: USGS BULL 715-J, PP. 141-145, 1921.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION CONSISTS OF A TRENCH;3 PHOSPHATE ROCK BEDS ARE EXPOSED:ONE 4.4 FT THICK AT 31.53% P2O5, ONE 1.2 FT THICK AT 29.8% P2O5, AND ONE 1.5 FT THICK AT 29.31% P3O5.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Benjamin U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.