| Deposit ID | 10123897 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300010528 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Quartz Hill Syncline |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.9606, 45.74709 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1950 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaverhead(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Vipond Park(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
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 | Beaverhead |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 001 S | 010 W | 17 | C SE | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Nickel Critical | Tertiary |
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Primary |
| REE Critical | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Ore Body (1) | -112.9606, 45.74709 |
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| Thickness | 2.4M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depth to top | 5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Thickness | 5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depth to top | 5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Type of mineral rights | Federal Lease |
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| Ownership category | National Forest |
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1970 | ||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 8618200mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 9979000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1970 | ||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 18143000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 21318000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300010528 |
SWANSON, ROGER, 1970, MINERAL RESOURCES IN PERMIAN ROCKS OF
SOUTHWEST MONTANA, USGS PROF. PAPER 313-E, P. 694, 758.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS RECORD IS FOR A LARGE AREA COVERING THE PHOSPHATE MINERALIZATION OF THE QUARTZ HILL SYNCLINE AREA. THUS IT INCLUDES SECS. 12,13,16,17,20,23,24 IN T1S R10W DEPOSIT SEQ. NO. 0300010278 IS LOCATED IN THIS AREA THE E AND W SIDES OF THE SYNCLINE ARE SHARPLY UPTURNED PERMIAN STRATA DIP 45-50 DEGS. APATITE OCCURES AS OOLITIC TO PELLETAL GRAINS THAT ARE VERY FINE TO MEDIUM SAND SIZE, NODULES ARE LOCALLY COMMON |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 12-AUG-94 | Benjamin | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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