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Dog Creek Mine

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10124815
MRDS ID D006876
MAS/MILS ID 0300490208
Record type Site
Current site name Dog Creek Mine
Related records 10097798

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.35809, 46.6768 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenhorn Mountain(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)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011 N 006 W 32 NW Montana

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.35809, 46.6768
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PHOSPHORIA IS ON THE NE LIMB OF THE DOG CREEK SYNCLINE, BEDS GENERALLY STRIKE NW AND DIP LESS THAN 30 DEG. MINE DEVELOPED BY 145 FT LONG INCLINED ADIT. BED MINED WAS 1.5- 2 FT THICK. 2 CARS WERE SHIPPED AVERAGING 31% P205. BLOCKED OUT RESERVES WERE 8000 LONG TONS AND ESTIMATED RESERVES TOTALED ANOTHER 200000 LONG TONS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES, PART 2, MONTANA, USBM RI 6611.

  • Deposit

    LUFT, STANLEY, 1958, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY,

  • Deposit

    PROPERTIES AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    REPORT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JUN-1984 Benjamin U.S. Bureau of Mines

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