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Upper Canyon Creek

Producer 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. 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 10221074
MAS/MILS ID 0300010512
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Canyon Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.79119, 45.6693 (WGS84)
Elevation 1950
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

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

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 002 S 010 W 13 NWNW Montana

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.79119, 45.6693
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, MINOBRAS, 1975, P. 13.

  • Deposit

    USGS CIR. 326, P. 18.

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 6611.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION CONSISTS OF TRENCHES AND EXPOSURES ABOUT 1500 FT SW OF CANYON CREEK ROAD. PHOSPHORIA FM ATTITUDE: N25W,38SW. RETORT MEMBER: BED IS 0.9 FT THICK AT 31.5% P2O5, 10.5 FT THICK AT 19.4% P2O5. SAMPLE LOT 1359 FROM USGS PROF PAPER 313-E IS LOCATED HERE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-SEP-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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