Canyon Creek Phosphate Mine

Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019964
MRDS ID DC12069
Record type Site
Current site name Canyon Creek Phosphate Mine
Related records 10147773

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.75783, 45.69157 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cattle Gulch(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

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 002S 009W 05,06,07 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.75783, 45.69157

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Melrose District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONT. B.M. AND GEOL. BULL. 14, 1960, P. 3.

  • Deposit

    MONT. B.M. AND GEOL. BULL. 33, 1963, P. 45.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-25-1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRODUCING, DEVELOPING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown Conservation Division, USGS (no longer exists)

Beyond USGS

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