Fleecer Mountain Area

Unknown in Silver Bow 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10172937
MAS/MILS ID 0300930298
Record type Site
Current site name Fleecer Mountain Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.81009, 45.8424 (WGS84)
Elevation 2576

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dewey(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001 N 010 W 14 C Montana

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.81009, 45.8424

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONT IND MINERALS, MINOBRAS, 1975, P. 63.

  • Deposit

    LOWELL,W.R., 1955, IGNEOUS INTRUSIONS AND METAMORPHISM IN

  • Deposit

    SOME PHOSPHATIC ROCKS IN SW MONTANA: ECON. GEOL., V. 50, NO.

  • Deposit

    7, P. 726

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION IS AN OLD ADIT,CAVED PIT, AND TRENCH, LEFT OVER MEMBER OF THE PHOSPHORIA NEAR THE CONTACT WITH THE INTRUSIVE IN THE FLEECER MT. AREA. RETORT MEMBER IS 20.8 FT THICK.

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.