| Deposit ID | 10147773 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC12069 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300010061 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Canyon Creek Phosphate Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Canyon Creek No. 2 |
| Related records | 10019964 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.75839, 45.6916 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1902 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaverhead(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cattle Gulch(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
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Beaverhead |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 002 S | 009 W | 06 | NWNESE | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Primary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Main Entrance (1) | -112.75839, 45.6916 |
|---|
| Strike | N30W | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 60W | ||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1948 |
| Year of first production | 1951 |
| District name | Melrose District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Federal Lease |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Bureau Of Land Management Lease 086715 2050 Acres |
| Interest | 100 |
| Year | 1979 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Victor Chemical Works |
| Interest | 100 |
| Year | 1965 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300010061 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC12069 | MAS references MRDS |
POPOFF, C.C., 1965, AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE
INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES, PT. 2, MONTANA, USBM RI 6611.
MBMG IC 20, 1957, P. 3.
LUFT, STANLEY, 1958, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY,
PROPERTIES AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT,
PHOSPHATE REPORT, P. 68.
KLEPPER, M.R., 1953, STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS OF THE
PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN MONTANA, 1948: USGS CIRCULAR 260.
SWANSON, R.W., 1970, MINERAL RESOURCES IN PERMIAN ROCKS OF
SW MONTANA, USGS PROF. PAPER 313-E, P. 696.
USGM MRB RPT 113, P. 56.
MBMG BULL. 14, P. 3.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT IS ON W LIMB OF AN OVERTURNED ANTICLINE. WORKINGS: 5500 FT LEVEL ADIT(MAIN HAULAGE, 2000 FT LONG): LEVELS ON 5900, 6200, AND 6500 FT ELEVATIONS: AND A RAISE LINKING THESE 4 LEVELS. IN 1965 ALL WORKING WERE ACCESSIBLE AND DRY. FROM DEVELOPMENT WORK ABOUT 15000 ST WAS MINED. MINING OPERATIONS ARE HAMPERED BY MULTIPLE FAULTS OF THE BED, HEAVY GROUND, A SOFT MUDSTONE HANGING WALL, AND A DOLOMITE SEAM 6-12 INCHS WIDE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BED. BED CONSISTS OF 2 OR MORE HIGH GRADE PHOSPHATE SEAMS 12-22 INCHES WIDE INTERBEDDED WITH DOLOMIOTE AND PHOSPHATIC MUDSTONES. RETORT MEMBER: BED IS 3 FT THICK AT 30.8% P205, 6.8 FT THICK AT 24.3% P205, AND 22.3 FT THICK AT 22.3% P205. MINING THICKNESS WAS 10 FT. MINE DEVELOPED TO PRODUCE 800 ST PER DAY. SAMPLE LOT 1238 FROM USGS PROF PAPER 313-E IS LOCATED HERE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 10-FEB-94 | Benjamin | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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