Unnamed Phosphate Deposit

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10124377
MAS/MILS ID 0300570454
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Phosphate Deposit
Alternate or previous names Unnamed Phosphorus Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.85085, 44.99131 (WGS84)
Elevation 2706
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Horn Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hebgen Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ashton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Madison(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010 S 002 W 04 SWNE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.85085, 44.99131

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUFT, STANLEY, 1958, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY

  • Deposit

    PROPERTIES AND INDUSTRIAL DEV. DEPT., REPORT P. 103.

  • Deposit

    CONDIT, P.P., 1928, PHOSPHATE ROCK IN THE THREE FORKS-

  • Deposit

    YELLOWSTONE PARK REGION,MT:USGS BULL. 795-G, P.200.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION CONSISTS OF EXPOSURES ALONG W. SIDE OF RUBY CR.. BEST BED IS UPPER RETORT MEMBER; 1.25 FT THICK AT 63.98 BPL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-AUG-94 Benjamin U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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