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Bishop Mine

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098050
MRDS ID DC09608
Record type Site
Current site name Bishop Mine
Alternate or previous names Bishop Adit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.5259, 46.60684 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 9.5 KM NNE OF GARRISON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Avon(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010N 009W 19,24 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 3.0 KM SW OF WHITE ROCKS MOUNTAIN. W SIDE OF WARM SPRINGS CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Analytical data

Result 31.7% P2O5, 6%

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) Sediment or sedimentary rock
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Garrison Anticline

Ore body information

  • Strike N40-50W
    Dip 52-70SW
    Thickness 1.07M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Garrison District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner The Anaconda Co.
    Home office Hennessy Bldg., Butte, Mt.

Production statistics

  • Year 1959
    Material P-ORE
    Description Ap_Grade: ^31.1% P2o5
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 31wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG SP 25, P. 7.

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 6611, P. 22, 42-43.

  • Production

    USBM RI 6611, P. 42.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE IS HARD AND SILICEOUS AND BREAKS PARALLEL TO THE BEDDING INTO THIN SLABS AND BLOCKS. CRYSTALS OF FLUORITE ARE DEPOSITED ALONG FRACTURES. CROSS FAULTS WITH DISPLACEMENTS UP TO 25 FT BREAK THE BED INTO SEGMENTS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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