Hidden Pasture Creek

Occurrence in Beaverhead 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10148205
MAS/MILS ID 0300010399
Record type Site
Current site name Hidden Pasture Creek
Alternate or previous names Muddy Creek, Big Sheep Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.78527, 44.6716 (WGS84)
Elevation 2194

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dixon Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lima(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Rock(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 013 S 010 W 26 S2 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT ALSO LOCATED IN SEC. 35. PHOSPHORIA FM IS ON THE EAST LIMB OF THE DIXON MT. SYNCLINE BED ATTITUDE: N45W,30-40SW. RETORT MEMBER: BED IS 2.5 FT THICK AT 26.8% P2O5, 4.7 FT THICK AT 22.7% P2O5. MEADE PEAK MEMBER: BED IS 2 FT THICK AT 29.4% P2O5, 8.9 FT THICK AT 19.2% P2O5. SAMPLE LOT 1224 FROM USGS PROF PAPER 313-E IS LOCATED HERE.

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.78527, 44.6716

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB

  • Deposit

    ALSO LOCATED IN SEC 35

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SWANSON, R.W., 1970, MIN. RES. IN PERMIAN ROCKS OF SW

  • Deposit

    MONTANA: USGS PROF. PAPER 313-E.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-FEB-1994 Benjamin U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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