| Deposit ID | 10269946 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300570845 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Beaverhead Rock-Hogback Area |
| Alternate or previous names | Beaver Phosphate |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.51058, 45.491 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1676 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Madison |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 004 S | 007 W | 18 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Nickel Critical | Tertiary |
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Primary |
| REE Critical | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Ore Body (1) | -112.51058, 45.491 |
|---|
| Thickness | 3M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depth to top | 5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 9071800mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 18143000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300570845 |
SWANSON, ROGER, 1970, MINERAL RESOURCES IN PERMIAN ROCKS OF
SOUTHWEST MONTANA, USGS PROF. PAPER 313-E, P. 661-777
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS RECORD IS FOR A LARGE AREA COVERING THE PHOSPHATE MINERALIZATION IN AN ARC EXTENDING FROM BEAVERHEAD ROCK TO THE MCCARTHY MOUNTAIN AREA. THUS IT INCLUDES SECS 7,18, 17,20,28,29,33 IN T4S R7W; AND SECS 4,9,16,21,28 IN T5S R7W APATITE OCCURES AS OOLITIC TO PELLETAL GRAINS THAT ARE VERY FINE TO MEDIUM SAND SIZE, NODULES ARE LOCALLY COMMON. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 03-MAR-98 | Buckingham, David A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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