| Deposit ID | 10293737 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300010536 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Browns Lake-Lost Creek Area |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.82559, 45.5327 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2194 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaverhead(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Storm Peak(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Beaverhead |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 003 S | 010 W | 34 | C | 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) | -112.82559, 45.5327 |
|---|
| Thickness | 1.5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depth to top | 5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | National Forest |
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 31751000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 33565000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300010536 |
SWANSON, ROGER, 1970, MINERAL RESOURCES IN PERMIAN ROCKS OF
SOUTHWEST MONTANA, USGS PROF. PAPER 313-E, P. 661-777
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINERALIZATION EAST OF PIONEER MTNS AND NORTH OF LOST CREEK. THUS IT INCLUDES SECS 17,20,21,28,33,34 IN T3S R10W; AND SECS. 3,10,11,14; T4S R10W APATITE OCCURES AS IOOLITIC TO PELLETAL GRAINS THAT ARE VERY FINE TO MEDIUM SAND SIZE, NODULES ARE LOCALLY COMMON |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 15-AUG-94 | Benjamin | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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