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Luke Mine

Past Producer in Powell 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10172769
MRDS ID W014653
MAS/MILS ID 0300770073
Record type Site
Current site name Luke Mine
Alternate or previous names Mineral Hill
Related records 10071323

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.7073, 46.6193 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
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

Luke 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010 N 009 W 15 C E2E2 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • MINE ALSO IN SECS 14,22 AND 23. MINE IS 6 MILES SE OF THE ANDERSON MINE, ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE GARRISON ANTICLINE, 32 MILES BY ROAD. SAMPLE LOT 1285 FROM USGS PROF PAPER 313-F IS LOCATED HERE. 3 MINE MAPS (PLAN VIEWS OF WORKINGS, 4 INCH=100 FEET SCALE) ARE ON MICROFILM IN SPOKANE MINE IS NOW CLOSED (1979).

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Collophane Unknown
Mica Unknown
Montmorillonite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.7073, 46.6193
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 45E
    Thickness 1M
    Length 1158M
    Width 390M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N40W:45E
    Date of Last Modification 811230

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRODUCTION IS FROM RETORT MEMTER, BED IS 3.2 FT THICK AT 34.9% P205. THIS 3.2 FT THICK MINEABLE BED IS MASSIVE OOLITIC PHOSPHORITE WITH A FEW SHALE PARTINGS. HANGING AND FOOT- WALLS ARE HARD QUARTZITE. BED IS BADLY BROKEN BY CROSS FAULTS, OFFSETS RANGING FROM 3-20 FT. FAULTS ARE GENERALLY NORMAL AND AT FAIRLY REGULAR INTERVALS OF FROM 50-100 FT. GROUND BETWEEN ADJACENT FAULTS MAKE A SINGLE STOPE. LITTLE OR NO SUPPORT IS NEEDED, ROCK FLOWS BY GRAVITY DOWN THE STOPE. ORE IS BLOCKY AND BREAKS WITH A MINIMUM OF FINES AND IS HARDER THAN AT THE ANDERSON OR GRAVELY MINES.
  • MAJOR MINERAL OF BOTH OOLITES AND MATRIX OF PHOSPHORITE IS COLLOPHANE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1932
Year of first production 1936

Mining district

District name Garrison

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Gov. Federal Lease 076890 883 Acres
    Interest 100
    Year 1965
  • Type Operator
    Owner Montana Phosphate Products Co. (Cominco)
    Interest 100
    Year 1965

Comments on the production information

  • NGLESIT WAS EXPLORED BY RUSSELL LUKE OF BUTTE WHO ORGANIZED THE MINERAL HILL MINING CO IN 1932. FROM 1936-42 THIS COMPANY PRODUCED 25000 T OF 32% P205 ROCK. MONTANA PHOSPHATE PRODUCTS TOOK OVER IN 1943. 1943-61 THEY PRODUCED 900000 LT OF 32.1-34.4% P205 ROCK. MINE WORKED THROUGH 4 ADIT LEVELS: THE 5300 CROSSCUT ADIT IS 2700 FT LONG WITH N AND S DRIFTS 1500 AND 5000 FT LONG; THE 5700 HAULAGE DRIFT ADIT IS 3500 FT LONG; 5900 LEVEL ADIT; AND 6050 LEVEL ADIT. ORE WAS STOPED UP TO 6200 FT ELEVATION. 1965 PRODUCTION POTENTIAL WAS 350 T/DAY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBM AND G BULL 20,1960 P 41

  • 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,

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    PROPERTIES AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    REPORT.

  • Deposit

    SWANSON, R.W., 1973, GEOLOGY AND PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF THE

  • Deposit

    PERMIAN ROCKS IN CENTRAL WESTERN MONTANA: USGS PROF. PAPER

  • Deposit

    313-F, P. 810.

  • Deposit

    MBM AND G BULL 49, 1965, P. 47.

  • Deposit

    MINING WORLD, FEB, 1956, P. 52-56.

  • Deposit

    MINING WOFLD, NOV. 1955, P. 44-46.

  • Deposit

    GILBERT, GEOFFREY, 1947, MINING OPERATIONS OF THE MONTANA

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHATE PRODUCTS CO., TRANS. AIME 173, P. 240-244.

  • Deposit

    CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, MAY 1954, P. 195-201.

  • Deposit

    ARMSTRONG, R.J., 1949, MINING OPERATIONS OF THE MONTANA

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHATE PRODUCTS CO, TRANS. AIME, VOL. 184, P. 287-291.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Benjamin U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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