| Deposit ID | 10221424 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300930310 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Big Hole Syncline |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.72669, 45.6866 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1707 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Silver Bow(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Melrose(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
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Silver Bow |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 002 S | 009 W | 04 | 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) | -112.72669, 45.6866 |
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| Thickness | 2.7M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Depth to top | 5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Thickness | 4.8M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Depth to top | 5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Type of mineral rights | Federal Lease |
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| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 27215000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 31751000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 40823000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 47627000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300930310 |
SWANSON, ROGER, 1970, MINERAL RESOURCES IN PERMIAN ROCKS OF
SOUTHWEST MONTANA, USGS PROFL PAPER 313-E, P. 661-777
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS RECORD IS FOR A LARGE AREA COVERING THE PHOSPHATE }MINERALIZATION OF THE BIG HOLE SYNCLINE. THUS IT INCLUDES SECS. 4,5,6,8,9,10,14,23,26,36 IN T2S R9W; SECS 30,31,32 T1S R9W DEPOSITS SEQ NO. 0300930095 AND 0300010061 ARE LOCATED HERE DEPOSIT SEQ NO. 0300010548 IS LOCATED HERE. THE SYNCLINE STRIKES N 30-35 W AND IS ASYMMETRIC. OVERTURNED SW LIMB DIPS ARE AS LOW AS 35 DEG, IN NE LIMB DIPS ARE 45 DE APATITE OCCURES AS OOLITIC TO PELLETAL GRAINS THAT ARE VERY FINE TO MEDIUM SAND SIZE, BUT NODULES ARE LOCALLY COMMON |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Benjamin | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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