Relyea Mine

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Vanadium
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221950
MRDS ID W013401
MAS/MILS ID 0300770001
Record type Site
Current site name Relyea Mine
Alternate or previous names Owner- Geo Relyea Box 116 Garrison, Mont 59731
Related records 10070458

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.80511, 46.62879 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Windy Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010 N 010 W 12 S2SW Montana

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Collophane Unknown
Montmorillonite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.80511, 46.62879

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 45S
    Thickness 1M
    Length 2700M
    Width 300M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N45W:45S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    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
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1946
Year of first production 1947

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George A. Relyea, Garrison, Montana
    Interest 100
    Year 1981

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Measured 600000mt ore
    Indicated 100000mt ore
    Demonstrated 700000mt ore
    Total resources 700000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 32 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    1981 E/MJ INTERNATIONAL MINING DIRECTORY P 206

  • Deposit

    MINE-TONNES/YR- ORE=23.5M LEACH= WASTE=

  • Deposit

    PLANT- TYPE= TONNES/YR- INPUT= OUTPUT=17M

  • Deposit

    EMPLOYMENT- MINE=10 PLANT= 1975

  • Deposit

    MBM&G BULL 95, 1975, P36.

  • Deposit

    1975 E/MJ INTL MINING DIRECTORY P155.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-APR-95 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references