North Big Hole Canyon

Prospect in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium
Sections on this page
  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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221755
MAS/MILS ID 0300570643
Record type Site
Current site name North Big Hole Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.5706, 45.4356 (WGS84)
Elevation 1493

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Block Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005 S 008 W 03 C NE Montana

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Frontier and Blackleaf Formations

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY AND IT'S RESOURCES,PT.2, MONTANA, USBM RI 6611.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPT. PHOSPHATE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    SWANSON, R.W., 1970, MIN. RES. IN PERMIAN ROCKS OF SW

  • Deposit

    MONTANA: USGS PROF. PAPER 313-E.

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, J.A., 1954, STRAT. SECS. OF THE PHOSPHORIA FM.

  • Deposit

    IN MONTANA, 1951: USGS CIRC. 326, 27 PP.

Comments on the references

  • Political location in record is Madison county. However, original lat/long plots 30 meters inside adjacent Beaverhead county. Original coordinates were: lat/long NAD27 45-26-8N 112-34-14W (45.4356 -112.5706); UTM N5032319 E377154 Z12N; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Montana Principal, TWNSHP 005 S, RNG 008 W, Sect 03, Sect_fract C NE. The lat/long was recalculated using WGS84 datum which shifted the location into Madison county and the north side of Big Hole River as the site name implies. The PLSS coords remained in agreement, though Section Fraction C NE should probably be changed to NW NE NE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION CONSISTS OF TRENCHES AND EXPOSURES. BEDS STRIKE N70E AND DIP 20NW. SEDIMENTS ARE CLOSELY FOLDED, PARTLY OVERTURNED TO THE EAST, BROKEN BY FAULTING, AND CUT AT DEPTH BY A MAJOR OVERTHRUST FAULT. RETORT MEMBER: BED IS 1.73 FT THICK AT 26.3% P2O5, 16.6 FT THICK AT 18.7% P2O5. MEADE PEAK MEMBER: BED IS 0.6 FT THICK AT 34% P2O5. SAMPLE LOT 1358 FROM USGS PROF PAPER 313-EIS LOCATED HERE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Benjamin U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 26-NOV-2008 Schruben, Paul U.S. Geological Survey Fixed lat/long - county disagreement.

Beyond USGS

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