Edgar Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10196582
MAS/MILS ID 0300390060
Record type Site
Current site name Edgar Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.17982, 46.49069 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646

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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009 N 013 W 36 C W2 Montana

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -113.17982, 46.49069

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Montana (School Land) 320 Acres
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1965

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 DDEPARTMENT, PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    REPORT.

  • Deposit

    SWANSON, R.W., 1973, GEOLOGY AND PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF THE

  • Deposit

    PERMIAN ROCKS IN CENTRAL WESTERN MONTANA: USGS PROF. PAPER

  • Deposit

    313-F, P 803.

  • Deposit

    END ANDD MINING JOURNAL, JULY 1949, P133

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY EXPLORED AND MINED SINCE 1932, LAST SHIPMENT IN 1952 WAS 2200 ST OF 29% P205. MINED SECTION WAS 3-3.4 FT THICK, OVERHAND STOPPING WITH STULL TIMBER SUPPORT. PHOSPHORIA IS ON BOTH LIMBS OF PRINCETON ANTICLINE. EAST LIMB: UPPER ADIT(75 FT LONG), BED STRIKES N25W AND DIPS 30NE; RETORT MEMBER AT 36.2% P205 IS 2.1 FT THICK, AT 24.6% P205 IS 12 FT THICK, AT 23.2% IS 13.7 FT THICK. INFERRED RESERVES OF 3,350,000 ST ABOVE DRAINAGE LEVEL WEST LIMB: LOWER ADIT(325 FT LONG), 600 FT OF DRIFTS, AN AIR RAISE, AND SEVERAL OLD STOPES. BED STRIKES N10W AND DIPS 65W. INFERRED RESERVES OF 1600000 ST ABOVE ENTRY LEVEL. HANGING WALL IS CHERT, FOOTWALL IS SHALE, WEAK WALLS IN PHOSPHATE ROCK PRODUCE HEAVY SIDE PRESSURE OR CREEPING. SAMPLE LOT 1389 FROM USGS PROF PAPER 313-F IS LOCATED HERE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Benjamin U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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