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Williams Phosphate Mine

Past Producer 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10196525
MAS/MILS ID 0300570085
Record type Site
Current site name Williams Phosphate Mine
Alternate or previous names Ruby River Canyon Mine, Mountain Meadows, Canyon Camp Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.01146, 45.0491 (WGS84)
Elevation 1817
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Home Park Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(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 009 S 003 W 18 C NWSE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SAMPLE LOT 1311 FROM USGS PROF PAPER 313-E IS LOCATED HERE.

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.01146, 45.0491
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10W
    Dip 50W
    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 LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N10W:50W
    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 Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1928
Year of first production 1953

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service
    Interest 100
    Year 1953
  • Type Operator
    Owner Williams Phosphate Co.
    Interest 100
    Year 1953

Comments on the production information

  • FROM 1953-1955 1436 MT OF PHOSPHATE ROCK WAS PRODUCED.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1953
    Indicated 45359mt ore
    Demonstrated 45359mt ore
    Total resources 45359mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 18 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1953

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DATA FROM MPF 49.5, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, WFOC

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES, PART 2, MONTANA, USBM RI 6611,

  • Deposit

    P. 112.

  • Deposit

    LUFT, STANLEY, 1958, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY,

  • Deposit

    PROPERTIES AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    REPORT, P. 68.

  • Deposit

    SWANSON, R.W., 1970, MINERAL RESOURCES IN PERMIAN ROCKS OF

  • Deposit

    SW MONTANA; USGS PROF PAPER 313-E, P. 725.

  • Deposit

    MRB 113, P. 84.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-FEB-94 Winters, Dick 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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