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Siderock Mountain Phosphate

Prospect in Madison 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221407
MAS/MILS ID 0300570653
Record type Site
Current site name Siderock Mountain Phosphate
Alternate or previous names Siderock Mountain Phosphorus

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.03865, 44.938 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
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

Spur Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lima(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(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 010 S 004 W 25 C N2 Montana

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.03865, 44.938
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PHOSPHORIA FM. CROPS OUT ON THE OVERTURNER WEST LIMB OF THE RUBY VALLEY SYNCLINE. ATTITUDE: N0W,40W. ROCK COMPOSED OF LAYERS OF HIGH GRADE PHOSPHORITE INTER- BEDDED WITH MUDSTONE MEADE PEAK MEMBER: 1 FT THICK BED @ 34% P2O5, 4.6 FT @ 24.4% 6.1 FT @ 20.5% P2O5. RETORT MEMBER: 5.6 FT BED @ 19.0% P2O5. LOC. CONSISTS OF TRENCHES ON SLIDEROCK MT. ON SPUR BETWEEN HEADS OF SOUTH AND MIDDLE FORKS OF TOWN CREEK. SAMPLE LOT 1301 IN USGS PROF. PAPER 313-E FROM THIS LOCALE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPT. PHOSPHATE REPORT, P. 102.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 303, P. 18.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 6611, 1965, P. 109.

  • Deposit

    MRB 113, P. 84.

  • Deposit

    MONT. INDUS. MINERALS MINOBRAS, 1975, P. 50.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-AUG-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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