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Ruby Mine

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010330
MRDS ID D003936
Record type Site
Current site name Ruby Mine
Alternate or previous names Centennial
Related records 10123855, 10101671

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.66667, 44.55667 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Upper Red Rock Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hebgen Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ashton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Rock(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 015S 001W 01 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • POINT LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR CENTER OF AREA IN SECTION 1 .
  • Political location in record is Beaverhead county, MT. The MRDS location-problem GIS test found lat/long plots in Clark county, ID. However, Google Earth shows it just inside Beaverhead county, though not at the center of PLSS section 1 as is stated in location comments. The Centennial/Ruby phosphte deposit covers a large area on the border between MT and ID. This record was developed using a MT reference, but should be consolidated with the other Centennial/Ruby phosphate records. In the meantime, in order to pass the location-problem test, the point was moved 2 seconds north. Original coordinates for line#1 were: lat/long NAD27 44-33-30N 111-40-0W (44.55833 -111.66667); UTM N<blank> E<blank> Z<blank>; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Montana Principal, TWNSHP 015S, RNG 001W, Sect 01, Sect_fract <blank>.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.66667, 44.55667
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. R. Simplot
    Home office Pocatello, Id.
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, F. A., 1961 , DIRECTORY OF KNOWN MINING ENTERPRISES 1960 , MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL 20 , P. 6

  • Deposit

    1961 COMPILE MBMG, BULL 2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 24-JUL-2008 Schruben, Paul U.S. Geological Survey Fixed lat/long - county disagreement.

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