| Deposit ID | 10294480 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W014647 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300770076 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gimlet Mine |
| Related records | 10099712 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.7298, 46.64049 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1890 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Powell(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gravely Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)
Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Powell |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 010 N | 009 W | 09 | NWNENE | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Primary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Collophane | Unknown |
| Mica | Unknown |
| Montmorillonite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -112.7298, 46.64049 |
|---|
| Area | 5HA | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1952 |
| District name | Garrison |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Federal Lease |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
| Ownership category | Mixed |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Gov. Lease |
| Interest | 100 |
| Year | 1965 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Montana Phosphate Products Co. (Cominco) |
| Interest | 100 |
| Year | 1965 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300770076 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W014647 | MAS references MRDS |
MBM AND G BULL 49,1965 P 47
POPOFF, C.C., 1965, AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE
INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES. PART 2, MONTANA, USBM RI 6611,
145 PAGES.
LUFT, STANLEY, 1958, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY
PROPERTIES AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, PHOSPHATE
REPORT, 106 PAGES.
SWANSON, R.W., 1973, GEOLOGY AND PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF THE
PERMIAN ROCKS IN CENTRAL WESTERN MONTANA: USGS PROF PAPER
313-F, P. 819.
MINING WORLD, FEB. 1956, P. 52-56.
CANADIAN MINING JOURNA~L, MAY 1954, P. 195-201.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 26-OCT-88 | Benjamin | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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