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Little Sheep Creek-Middle Fork

Occurrence in Beaverhead 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 10148313
MAS/MILS ID 0300010445
Record type Site
Current site name Little Sheep Creek-Middle Fork
Alternate or previous names Little Sheep Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.69007, 44.5693 (WGS84)
Elevation 2265
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gallagher Gulch(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

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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 014 S 009 W 34 C SW Montana

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.69007, 44.5693
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PHOSPHORIA FM CROPS OUT ON N LIMB OF LITTLE SHEEP CR. SYNCLINE AT MIDDLE FORK TRENCH BEDS STRIKE N80W, DIP25 SW; MEADE PEAK MEMBER: BED IS 1.2 FT THICK AT 33.0% P2O5, 5 FT THIC AT 27.1% P2O5, 10.7 FT THICK AT 19.2% P2O5. AT WEST FORK TRENCH BEDS STRIKE N80E AND DIP 10S; RETORT MEMBER: BED IS 5.2 FT THICK @ 15% P2O5. LITTLE SHEEP CREEK AREA CAN BE DIVIDED INTO TWO SMALLER AREAS; MIDDLE AND WEST FORK TRENCHES. SAMPLE LOTS 1295(WEST FORK) AND 1294(MIDDLE FORK) ARE LOCATED IN THIS AREA

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

    CRIB

  • Deposit

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

  • 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, P 701.

  • Deposit

    MRB 117, P. 117.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-AUG-1994 Benjamin U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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