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Maxville Phosphate Mine

Unknown in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium
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  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 10294723
MAS/MILS ID 0300390075
Record type Site
Current site name Maxville Phosphate Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.22872, 46.44709 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 500(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)

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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008 N 013 W 16 C S2NE Montana

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -113.22872, 46.44709
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PHOSPHORIA IS IN BROKEN, CRUSHED AND SHEARED ZONE; WITHIN BRECCIA ZONE OF BUNGOLOW THRUST FAULT. MINING ZONE IS 2- 11 FT THICK OF16.3-17.7% P205. STRIKE VARIES DUE TO BED WARPING AND FAULTING; DIP 45W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

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

    LUFT, STANLEY, 1958, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY,

  • Deposit

    PROPERTIES AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    REPORT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY CONSISTS OF US GOV. LEASE NO. 084452(304 ACRES). WORKINGS: 470 ADIT, 150 FEET OF DRIFTS. MINE OPERATED OFF-AN-ON 1929-1953. 1850 TONS OF GROUND ROCK WAS PRODUCED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-APR-95 Benjamin U.S. Bureau of Mines

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