Anderson Mine

Plant in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10124918
MAS/MILS ID 0300770216
Record type Site
Current site name Anderson Mine
Alternate or previous names Brock-Anderson, Brock Creek, Bishop Mine, Spokane Chemical Co. Workings, Bishop Adit, Brock Mine
Included sites Warm Springs Creek Mine--0300770214, Warm Springs Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.83811, 46.63989 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010 N 010 W 10 C NWNE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.83811, 46.63989

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Crush
Milling method Sizing

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease
Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cominco Fertilizers
    Interest 100
    Home office Washington
    Year 1984
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cominco American Inc
    Interest 100
    Home office Washington
    Year 1984

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Demonstrated 5700000mt ore
    Total resources 5700000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 0.3 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1991

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INCLUDED IN WARM SPRINGS CREEK (MAS SEQ # 0300770214).

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUL-93 Spear, James M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references