Sawmill Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Powell 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10148401
MAS/MILS ID 0300770120
Record type Site
Current site name Sawmill Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.37949, 46.591 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elliston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010 N 006 W 29 C Montana

Commodities

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

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOCATION~ IS A CROSS CUT ADIT ON S SIDE OF SAWMILL CREEK. 2.5 FT THICK BED OF 26.6% P205 IS PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES, PART 2, MONTANA, USBM RI 6611.

  • Deposit

    LUFT, STANLEY, 1958, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY,

  • Deposit

    PROPERTIES AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    REPORT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Benjamin U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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