South Greenstone Gulch

Unknown in Beaverhead 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10269819
MAS/MILS ID 0300010515
Record type Site
Current site name South Greenstone Gulch

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.80649, 45.4152 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Adams Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(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

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005 S 010 W 11 C Montana

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.80649, 45.4152

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PHOSPHORIA FM. ATTITUDE: N10W,50NE. RETORT MEMBER: BED IS 2.85 FT THICK AT 23.4% P2O5, 5.2 FT THICK AT 18.8% P2O5. SAMPLE LOT 1250 FROM USGS PROF PAPER 313-E IS LOCATED HERE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    MONTANA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS,MINOBRAS 1975 PG 13

  • Deposit

    POPOFF,C.C.,1965, AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY AND IT'S RESOURCES,PT.2, MONTANA, USBM RI 6611.

  • Deposit

    SWANSON, R.W., 1970, MIN. RES. IN PERMIAN ROCKS OF SW

  • Deposit

    MONTANA: USGS PROF. PAPER 313-E.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-JAN-1984 Benjamin U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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