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Cave Creek

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium
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  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10147910
MRDS ID DC11703
MAS/MILS ID 0300010375
Record type Site
Current site name Cave Creek
Related records 10019846, 10244609

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.82229, 45.3316 (WGS84)
Elevation 1999
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Argenta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006 S 010 W 10 NWNW Montana

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.82229, 45.3316
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PHOSPHORIA FM IS ON THE WEST LIMB OF THE NE PLUNGING CAVE CREEK ANTICLINE. ATTITUDE OF BEDS:N25W,40NE. RETORT MEMBER: BED IS 3.4 FT THICK AT29.9% P2O5, 9.2 FT THICK AT 18.4% P2O5. MUDSTONE HANGING AND FOOTWALL WOULD CAUSE EXTENSIVE DILUTION IF THIS BED WERE TO BE MINED. SAMPLE LOT 1257 FROM USGS PROF PAPER 313-E IS L0CATED HERE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB

  • Deposit

    POPOFF, C. C., 1965, AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY AND IT'S RESOURCES, PT. 2, MONTANA, U.S. BUREAU

  • Deposit

    OF MINES RI 6611, P. 99.

  • Deposit

    SWANSON, R. W., 1970, MIN. RES. IN PERMIAN ROCKS OF SW

  • Deposit

    MONTANA: USGS PROF. PAPER 313-E, P. 705, 757.

  • Deposit

    USGS CIRC. 260, P. 19.

  • Deposit

    MISSOURI RIVER BASIN REPORT 73, P. B-6.

  • Deposit

    A PHOSPHATE SAMPLE SITE.

  • Deposit

    SEE BIRCH CREEK 0300010538 FOR SEVERAL MILES OF PERMIAN

  • Deposit

    EXPOSURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-AUG-94 Benjamin U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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