| Deposit ID | 10244609 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC11703 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300010538 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Birch Creek-Cave Gulch Area |
| Related records | 10147910, 10019846 |
| Point of reference | Trench |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.82229, 45.3316 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2072 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaverhead(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Argenta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Beaverhead(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Beaverhead |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 006 S | 010 W | 10 | NWNW | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Nickel Critical | Tertiary |
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Primary |
| REE Critical | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Trench (1) | -112.82229, 45.3316 |
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| Depth to top | 5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Thickness | 3M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depth to top | 5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Type of mineral rights | Federal Lease |
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| Ownership category | National Forest |
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1970 | ||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 2721500mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 3538000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1970 | ||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 8164600mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 11339000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300010538 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC11703 | MAS references MRDS |
SWANSON, ROGER, 1970, MINERAL RESOURCES IN PERMIAN ROCKS OF
SOUTHWEST MONTANA, USGS PROF. PAPER 313-E, P. 702.
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 6611, 1965, P. 99.
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 260, P. 19.
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1952, MISSOURI RIVER BASIN PRELIMINARY
REPORT 73, APPENDIX C.
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1957, MISSOURI RIVER BASIN PRELIMINARY
REPORT 113, TABLE 20, P. 76.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS RECORD IS FOR A LARGE AREA COVERING THE PHOSPHATE MINERALIZATION IN THE AREA EAST OF THE PIONEER MTNS IN CAVE GULCH SYNCLINE. THUS IT INCLUDES SECS. 13,23,24,26,35 IN T5S R10W AND SECS 3,10,2 T6S R10W DEPOSIT SEQ NO. 0300010375 IS LOCATED IN THIS AREA APATITE OCCURES AS OOLITIC TO PELLETAL GRAINS THAT ARE VERY FINE TO MEDIUM SAND SIZE, NODULES ARE LOCALLY COMMON LOCATION IS A CHOSEN POINT THAT REPRESENTS SEVERAL MILES OF PERMIAN EXPOSURE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 15-AUG-94 | Benjamin | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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