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Dog Creek Phosphate Mine

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019364
MRDS ID DC09685
Record type Site
Current site name Dog Creek Phosphate Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.387, 46.66796 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 12.0 KM NNE OF ELLISTON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Esmeralda Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N;011N 006N;007N 29,30,31,32;24 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(L959)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Analytical data

Result 31% P205

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Phosphorite
    Rock unit name Phosphoria Formation (Retort Member)
    Rock description Phosphoria Formation (Retort Member)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.387, 46.66796
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Dog Creek Syncline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Northwest Improvement Co.

Comments on the production information

  • 2 CARLOADS WERE SHIPPED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 44.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE

Comments on development

  • THE MINE IS IN T11N, R06W, SEC. 32

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 6611, P. 48, 49, 50-2.

  • Deposit

    MBMG SP 25, P. 7.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 850, P. 373.

  • Production

    USBM RI 6611, P. 52

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINING SECTION WAS 1-2 FT THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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