Alpine Creek Phosphate

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, 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 10124387
MAS/MILS ID 0300570655
Record type Site
Current site name Alpine Creek Phosphate
Alternate or previous names Alpine Creek Phosphorus

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.80165, 44.93931 (WGS84)
Elevation 2597
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Horn Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hebgen Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ashton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Madison(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010 S 002 W 26 NENE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.80165, 44.93931

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POPOFF,C.C.,1965, AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY AND IT'S RESOURCES,PT.2, MONTANA, USBM RI 6611,P114

  • Deposit

    LUFT,S.,1958, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. PROPERTIES AND

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPT. PHOSPHATE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    SWANSON, R.W., 1953, STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS OF THE

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN MONTANA, PT. 2, 1949-50: USGS CIRC.

  • Deposit

    303, 21 PP.

  • Deposit

    SWANSON, 1970, USGS PROF. PAPER 313-E, P. 721 (LOT 1307).

  • Deposit

    USGS CIRC. 303, P. 116.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION CONSISTS OF TRENCH AND EXPOSURES ON SE FACING SLOPE AT HEAD OF ALPINE CREEK. PHOSPHORIA FM. ATTITUDE:N5E,8NW. RETORT MEMBER: BED IS 1.1 FT THICK @30.5% P2O5 AND 4.4 FT THICK @ 11.5% P2O5. MEADE/ PEAK MEMBER: BED IS 1.1 FT THICK @ 26.1% P2O5 AND 4.3 FT THICK @ 9.3% P2O5. LOCATION DISCREPANCY: SAMPLE SITE (LOT 1307) REFERED TO AS ALPINE CREEK IS E2SE 22 ON PLATE 29 OF P/P 313-E. LAT & LONG IS ALPINE CREEK NENE 26 - CIRC 303 SAYS N2 26.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-AUG-94 Benjamin U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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