| Deposit ID | 10123565 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300390319 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Blue Bell Mine |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.16732, 46.45519 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1768 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Granite(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Maxville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)
Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Granite |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 008 N | 013 W | 12 | SESWSE | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Primary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Main Entrance (1) | -113.16732, 46.45519 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300390319 |
MBM G MEM 31, 1949 P.29
POPOFF, C.C., 1965, AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE
INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES, PART 2, MONTANA, USBM RI 6611.
LUFT, STANLEY, 1958, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY,
PROPERTIES AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, PHOSPHATE
REPORT.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINE, LONG ABANDONED, CONSISTS OF SEVERAL TRENCHES AND SHORT CROSS CUT ADITS. PHOSPHORIA IS ON THE EAST LIMB OF THE PRINCETON ANTICLINE, BEDDING STRIKES N20W AND DIPS 50 NE RETORT MEMBER: 3 FT THICK AT 31.91% P205. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 25-NOV-83 | Benjamin | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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