Madison Range District

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Nickel, Vanadium, Chromium, REE
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000317
MRDS ID D007127
Record type District
Current site name Madison Range District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.33413, 44.73741 (WGS84)
Relative position POINT LOCATION GIVEN IS SOUTHERN TIP OF AREA. THE DISTRICT IS ABOUT 45 MI LONG, 15 MI WIDE, AND TRENDS N30W. IN THE ASHTON QUAD, THE DISTRICT FALLS IN THE TEEPEE CREEK AND HEBGEN DAM MAPS. THE REST OF THE DISTRICT FALLS INTO THE BOZEMAN QUAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gallatin(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Targhee Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hebgen Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ashton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Madison(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison
United States Montana Gallatin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Nickel Critical Secondary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Chromium Critical Secondary
REE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.33413, 44.73741

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description A NORMAL FAULT OF POSSIBLY 10,000 FT DISPLACEMENT IS REPRESENTED FOR 45 MI ALONG W EDGE OF MADISON RANGE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • SHALLOW-WATER MARINE SEDIMENTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both

Mining district

District name MADISON RANGE DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

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