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Maiden Rock Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow 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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101560
MRDS ID D004797
Record type Site
Current site name Maiden Rock Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.73506, 45.69518 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 5 AIR MILES NNW OF MELROSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Melrose(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

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 Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002S 009W 05,04 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, SECTION 5.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.73506, 45.69518
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Phosphoria Fm. Trends N30w, 45w, Small Quartz Monzonite Stock 1/4 Mi. Ne.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Melrose District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Victor Chemical Co.
    Home office Chicago, Il.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOUT, K., AND ACKERMAN, W., 1958, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES, 1958; MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 10, P. 64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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