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Mount Fleecer-Jerry Creek Area

Prospect in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Chromium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Nickel, Phosphorus-Phosphates, REE, Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173248
MAS/MILS ID 0300930311
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Fleecer-Jerry Creek Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.83619, 45.8282 (WGS84)
Elevation 2500
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dewey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(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 Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001 N 010 W 22 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • THIS RECORD IS FOR A LARGE AREA IN THE MOUNT FLEECER AREA. THUS IT INCLUDES SECS. 10,11,14,15,20,21,22,23,29,30,31 IN T1N R10W DEPOSIT SEQ NO. 0300930298 IS LOCATED IN THIS AREA AREA CONTAINS PRIMARILY UPPER PALEOZIC AND MESOZID FORMATION S THAT HAVE BEEN FOLDED AND FAULTED, OVERTHRUST BY FAIRLY EXTENSIVE PLATES OF PRECAM AND LOWER PALEOZOIC STRATA, AND INVADED BY QUARTZ MONZONITIC ROCKS OF BOULDER BATHOLITH FOLD AXIS TREND N-NW, FOLDS ARE BROKEN BY PARALLEL AND CROSS FAULTS. APATITE OCCURES AS OOLITIC TO PELLETAL GRAINS THAT ARE VERY FINE TO MED SAND SIZE, NODULES ARE LOCALLY COMMON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
REE Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.83619, 45.8282
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 3
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Thickness 2M
    Depth to top 5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 2
    MAS Column # 3
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Depth to top 5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 3
    MAS Column # 3
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Inferred 3628700mt ore
    Total resources 6350200mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U 0.005 wt-pct Uranium Trace 1970
    Fluorine-Fluorite F 3 wt-pct Fluorine Trace 1970
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Inferred 7257400mt ore
    Total resources 11792999mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U 0.005 wt-pct Uranium Trace 1970
    Fluorine-Fluorite F 2 wt-pct Fluorine Trace 1970
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Inferred 9071800mt ore
    Total resources 15875000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 25 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1970
    Uranium U 0.005 wt-pct Uranium Trace 1970
    Fluorine-Fluorite F 2.5 wt-pct Fluorine Trace 1970

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • M1 C3 RETORT MEMBER: Q50; RESOURCE BLOCK ABOVE ENTRY LEVEL, BED AREA 1384210 SQUARE METERS; Q25; RESOURCE BLOCK ABOVE FIRST 30M BELOW ENTRY LEVEL, BED AREA 2294630 SQUARE METERS; Q10; RESOURCE BLOCK, TOTAL IN AREA, BED AREA 47657700 SQUARE METERS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    SWANSON, ROGER, 1970, MINERAL RESOURCES IN PERMIAN ROCKS OF

  • Reserve-Resource

    SOUTHWEST MONTANA, USGS PROF. PAPER 313-E, P. 661-777

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Benjamin U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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