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Warm Springs Creek Area

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Chromium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Nickel, Phosphorus-Phosphates, REE, Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173018
MAS/MILS ID 0300570842
Record type Site
Current site name Warm Springs Creek Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.95805, 45.0405 (WGS84)
Elevation 1950
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

Warm Springs Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(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 009 S 003 W 22 NW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
REE Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.95805, 45.0405
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1M
    Depth to top 5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 3
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Thickness 1.5M
    Depth to top 5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 2
    MAS Column # 3
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Thickness 0.9M
    Depth to top 5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 3
    MAS Column # 3
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ruby Valley

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Inferred 2721500mt ore
    Total resources 3175100mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 29 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1970
    Fluorine-Fluorite F 2.8999 wt-pct Fluorine Trace 1970
    Uranium U 0.008 wt-pct Uranium Trace 1970
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Inferred 40823000mt ore
    Total resources 47173000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 22.5 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1970
    Fluorine-Fluorite F 2.25 wt-pct Fluorine Trace 1970
    Uranium U 0.006 wt-pct Uranium Trace 1970
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Inferred 9071800mt ore
    Total resources 11339000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite F 2 wt-pct Fluorine Trace 1970
    Uranium U 0.007 wt-pct Uranium Trace 1970

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • M1 C3 RETORT MEMBER: Q50; RESOURCE BLOCK ABOVE ENTRY LEVEL, BED AREA 12095580 SQUARE METERS; Q25, RESOURCE BLOCK ABOVE FIRST 30 M BELOW ENTRY LEVEL, BED AREA 13814230 SQUARE METERS; Q10; TOTAL RESOURCE IN AREA, BED AREA 88812400 SQUARE METERS M2 C3 SEE Q001-Q005 M3 C3 MEADE PEAK MEMBER: Q50; RESOURCE BLOCK ABOVE ENTRY LEVEL, BED AREA 5174530 SQUARE METERS; Q25, RESOURCE BLOCK ABOVE FIRST 30 M BELOW ENTRY LEVEL, BED AREA 6242880 SQUARE METERS; Q10, TOTAL RESOURCE IN AREA, BED AREA 49051200 SQUARE METERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    SWANSON, ROGER, 1970, MINERAL RESOURCES IN PERMIAN ROCKS OF

  • Reserve-Resource

    SOUTHWEST MONTANA, USGS PROFL PAPER 313-E, P. 717-729.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY AND IT'S RESOURCES, PT. 2, MONTANA: USBM

  • Deposit

    RI 6611, P. 108-110.

  • Deposit

    LUFT, S., 1958, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. PROPERTIES AND

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPT. PHOSPHATE REPORT, P. 103.

  • Deposit

    SWANSON, R. W., 1953, USGS CIRC 303, P. 11.

  • Deposit

    MISSOURI RIVER BASIN PRELIMINARY REPORT 113, 1957, PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    ROCK INDUSTRY IN MONTANA, PART 1, P. 84.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD IS FOR A LARGE AREA COVERING THE PHOSPHATE MINERALIZATION IN THE WARM SPRINGS CREEK AREA. THUS IT INCLUDES SEC. 22 T9S R3W; SECS. 5,6,8,9,17,20,21,28,32,33 IN T9S R 2W DEPOSIT SEQ NOS. 0300570443, 0300570454, 0300570455, AND 0300570648 ARE INCLUDED IN THIS AREA. APATITE OCCURES AS OOLITIC TO PELLETAL GRAINS THAT ARE VERY FINE TO MEDIUM SAND SIZE, NODULES ARE LOCALLY COMMON

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-SEP-96 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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