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Aspen Valley Phosphate

Prospect in Madison 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 10148905
MAS/MILS ID 0300570645
Record type Site
Current site name Aspen Valley Phosphate
Alternate or previous names Aspen Valley Phosphorus

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.56024, 45.33131 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fan Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(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 006 S 001 E 11 NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOC. IS A TRENCH NEAR TOP OF RIDGE ON W SIDE OF ASPEN VALLEY PHOSPHORIA FM ATTITUDE: N45E,55NW. RETORT MEMBER: BED IS 1.6 FT THICK AT 31% P2O5, 1.9 FT THICK AT 30.3% P2O5. SAMPLE LOT 1215 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) -111.56024, 45.33131
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 209, 1953.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPT. PHOSPHATE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 6611, 1965, P. 105.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 313-E, 1970.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-JUN-92 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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