| Deposit ID | 10101671 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D007126 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Centennial Phosphate Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Centennial Mountain District |
| Related records | 10123855 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.68917, 44.56658 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2560 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Beaverhead |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 015S;014S | 001W;001W | 02 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Primary |
| Uranium | Primary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Chromium Critical | Secondary |
| Nickel Critical | Secondary |
| Vanadium Critical | Secondary |
| REE Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Shale | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale | ||||
| Rock unit name | Phosphoria Formation: Meade Peak Member, Retort Member | ||||
| Rock description | Phosphoria Formation: Meade Peak Member, Retort Member | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -111.68917, 44.56658 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | The Centennial Mtns. Are A Long South-Tilted Fault Block |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Strata Strike Wnw And Dip 10-15s |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Centennial Mountains |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D007126 |
USBM REP. INV. 6611.
USGS CIRC 302.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE MEADE PEAK MEMBER IS AS MUCH AS 18 FT THICK, THE RETORT MEMBER IS ABOUT 30 FT THICK. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1980 | Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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