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West Limb Mine

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221186
MAS/MILS ID 0300010513
Record type Site
Current site name West Limb Mine
Alternate or previous names Location 1, Canyon Creek.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.78259, 45.6782 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 10(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 12 SWNESE Montana

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.78259, 45.6782
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PHOSPHORIA IN TRENCH: ATTITUDE IS N60W,50SW. RETORT MEMBER: BED IS 1.8 FT THICK AT 34.6% P2O5, 5.2 FT THICK AT 24.5% , AND 11.2 FT AT 21.9% P2O5. SAMPLE LOT 1237 FROM USGS PROF PAPER 313-E IS LOCATED HERE. IN MAY 1979 SAMPLE MDB-4 WAS TAKEN HERE. SAMPLE TAKEN FROM SPILLAGE FROM ORE LOAD OUT PLATFORM. MOSTLY BLACK FINES; SOME CHUNKS UP TO 1/2 INCH. BLACK PELLETAL PHOSPHORITE AND BLACK SHALES. IT RAN 24% P205, .38% M60, 3% AL203 2.8% FE203, 20% CAO, .005% U, .08% V, 1.8% F, 12.2 LOI

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 6611, P. 76.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPT. PHOSPHATE REPORT, P. 100.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MONTANA: USGS PROF. PAPER 313-E.

  • Deposit

    KLEPPER, M.R., 1953, STRAT. SECS. OF THE PHOSPHORIA FM

  • Deposit

    IN MONTANA, 1948: USGS CIRC. 260, P. 9.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-SEP-1994 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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