Fields

Prospect in Granite 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10245966
MAS/MILS ID 0300390490
Record type Site
Current site name Fields

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.22782, 46.46159 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maxville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008 N 013 W 09 SENE Montana

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.22782, 46.46159

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

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

    145 PAGES.

  • Deposit

    LUFT, STANLEY, 1958, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY,

  • Deposit

    PROPERTIES AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    REPORT, 106 PAGES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECT IS NORTH OF MAXVILE MINE ON BOULDER CREEK, CONSISTS OF 2 ADITS. UPPER ADIT HAS 3.9 FT THICK BED OF 15.2% P205. LOWER ADIT(100 FT BELOW UPPER) HAS 4 FT THICK OF SOFT, EARTHY, BLACK PHOSPHATE ROCK AT 13.5% P205.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 Benjamin U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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