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Warm Springs Deposit

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, REE, Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10245675
MRDS ID ISM0338
MAS/MILS ID 0300770214
Record type Deposit
Current site name Warm Springs Deposit
Included sites Warm Springs Creek Mine, Brock Mine, Bishop Adit, Spokane Chemical Co. Workings, Anderson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -112.784, 46.609 (WGS84)
Elevation 1475
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garrison(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 009 W 19 Montana

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 243
USGS model code 34c
Deposit model name Phosphate, upwelling type

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Phosphorite
    Rock unit name Retort Member, Phosphoria Formation

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -112.784, 46.609
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35W
    Dip 45S
    Thickness 1M
    Length 6800M
    Width 990M
    Depth to top 5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 3
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N35W:45S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 800618
  • Strike N35W
    Dip 45S
    Thickness 1M
    Length 2440M
    Width 1075M
    Depth to top 5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 2
    MAS Column # 3
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N45E:45S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 800618
  • Strike N35W
    Dip 45N
    Thickness 1M
    Length 4880M
    Width 1000M
    Depth to top 5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 3
    MAS Column # 3
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N35W:45N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 800618
  • Strike N35W
    Dip 45S
    Thickness 1M
    Length 3350M
    Width 985M
    Depth to top 5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 4
    MAS Column # 3
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N35W:45S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 800618
  • Strike N35W
    Dip 45S
    Thickness 1M
    Length 3350M
    Width 425M
    Depth to top 300M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 5
    MAS Column # 3
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N35W:45S
    Minimum Depth to Top 300
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 800618
  • Strike N35W
    Dip 45S
    Thickness 1M
    Length 20800M
    Width 900M
    Depth to top 5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 6
    MAS Column # 4
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N35W:45S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 800618
  • Area 10HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1912
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Year of first production 1929
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Crush
Milling method Sizing

Mining district

District name Garrison District
District name Montana Phosphate District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cominco American Inc.
    ID 2400146
    Interest 100
    Home office Washington, local office Garrison, Mt. 59731
    Year 1986
    First year 1986

Comments on the ownership information

  • LAND OWNERSHIP IS A MIXTURE OF FEDERAL AND PRIVATE SURFACE AND FEDERAL AND PRIVATE MINERALS. COMINCO CONTROLS ALL OF THE PHOSPHATE LEASES AND LEASE APPLICATIONS IN THE AREA. MR. GEORGE RELYEA (20 HA) HAS THE ONLY PRIVATE PHOSPHATE IN THE DISTRICT NOT CONTROLLED BY COMINCO.

Production statistics

  • Year 1929
    Description Tonnes Of P205 Mt Ore Per Year
  • Year 1930
    Description Tonnes Of P205 9144 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 9144mt
  • Year 1931
    Description Tonnes Of P205 68440 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 68440mt
  • Year 1932
    Description Tonnes Of P205 20065 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 20065mt
  • Year 1933
    Description Tonnes Of P205 4232 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 4232mt
  • Year 1934
    Description Tonnes Of P205 3183 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 3183mt
  • Year 1935
    Description Tonnes Of P205 26878 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 26878mt
  • Year 1936
    Description Tonnes Of P205 32407 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 32407mt
  • Year 1937
    Description Tonnes Of P205 49565 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 49565mt
  • Year 1938
    Description Tonnes Of P205 65553 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 65553mt
  • Year 1939
    Description Tonnes Of P205 43120 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 43120mt
  • Year 1940
    Description Tonnes Of P205 55380 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 55380mt
  • Year 1941
    Description Tonnes Of P205 102758 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 102758mt
  • Year 1942
    Description Tonnes Of P205 148060 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 148060mt
  • Year 1943
    Description 38,621 Tonnes Of P205 121680 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 121680mt
  • Year 1944
    Description 60,802 Tonnes Of P205 189417 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 189417mt
  • Year 1945
    Description 47,766 Tonnes Of P205 147428 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 47766mt
  • Year 1946
    Description 58,569 Tonnes Of P205 184181 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 58569mt
  • Year 1947
    Description 74,613 Tonnes Of P205 235373 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 74613mt
  • Year 1948
    Description 81,740 Tonnes Of P205 258670 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 81740mt
  • Year 1949
    Description 97,153 Tonnes Of P205 101350 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 97153mt
  • Year 1950
    Description 68,976 Tonnes Of P205 217589 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 68976mt
  • Year 1951
    Description 65,428 Tonnes Of P205 208369 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 65428mt
  • Year 1952
    Description 73,225 Tonnes Of P205 230268 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 73225mt
  • Year 1953
    Description 76,871 Tonnes Of P205 243263 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 76871mt
  • Year 1954
    Description 89,228 Tonnes Of P205 282367 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 89228mt
  • Year 1955
    Description 94,232 Tonnes Of P205 299149 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 94232mt
  • Year 1956
    Description 81,835 Tonnes Of P205 255032 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 81835mt
  • Year 1957
    Description 84,844 Tonnes Of P205 271346 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 84844mt
  • Year 1958
    Description 102,206 Tonnes Of P205 332145 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 102206mt
  • Year 1959
    Description 106,599 Tonnes Of P205 340755 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 106599mt
  • Year 1960
    Description 112,729 Tonnes Of P205 366038 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 112729mt
  • Year 1961
    Description 123,073 Tonnes Of P205 396307 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 123073mt
  • Year 1962
    Description 120,970 Tonnes Of P205 385625 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 120970mt
  • Year 1963
    Description 131,309 Tonnes Of P205 420520 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 131309mt
  • Year 1964
    Description 111,492 Tonnes Of P205 355228 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 111492mt
  • Year 1965
    Description 114,652 Tonnes Of P205 372254 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 114652mt
  • Year 1966
    Description 102,256 Tonnes Of P205 346714 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 102256mt
  • Year 1967
    Description 104,209 Tonnes Of P205 341122 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 104209mt
  • Year 1968
    Description 102,598 Tonnes Of P205 337388 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 102598mt
  • Year 1969
    Description 69,794 Tonnes Of P205 232648 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 69794mt
  • Year 1970
    Description 43,317 Tonnes Of P205 144392 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 43317mt
  • Year 1971
    Description 63,586 Tonnes Of P205 212330 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 63586mt
  • Year 1972
    Description 64,448 Tonnes Of P205 217729 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 64448mt
  • Year 1973
    Description 58,941 Tonnes Of P205 205370 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 58941mt
  • Year 1974
    Description 71,864 Tonnes Of P205 246110 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 71864mt
  • Year 1975
    Description 70,660 Tonnes Of P205 246205 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 70660mt
  • Year 1976
    Description 49,618 Tonnes Of P205 172888 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 49618mt
  • Year 1977
    Description 42,507 Tonnes Of P205 146575 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 42507mt
  • Year 1978
    Description 47,748 Tonnes Of P205 166669 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 47748mt
  • Year 1979
    Description 50,592 Tonnes Of P205 174120 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 50592mt
  • Year 1980
    Description 53,076 Tonnes Of P205 183019 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 53076mt
  • Year 1981
    Description 53,144 Tonnes Of P205 182929 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 53144mt
  • Year 1982
    Description 49,862 Tonnes Of P205 169049 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 49862mt
  • Year 1983
    Description 48,526 Tonnes Of P205 170889 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 48526mt
  • Year 1984
    Description 56,441 Tonnes Of P2o5 190000 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 56441mt
  • Year 1985
    Description 63,220 Tonnes Of P2o5 214000 Mt Ore Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 63220mt
  • Year 1986
    Description 56,733 Tonnes Of P2o5 193460 193,460 Mt Ore Mined
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major P2O5 Ore Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 56733mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • COMINCO ESTIMATES PHOSPHATE MINEABLE FROM THE WARM SPRINGS CREEK MINE. ESTIMATE 80% ORE RECOVERY. RESOURCES ARE WHAT WILL COME OUT OF THE PORTAL. ROCK ON THE NOSE OF THE GARRISON ANTICLINE, THE ROCK ON THE NORTH FLANK OF THE GARRISON ANTICLINE, THE ROCK ON THE NORTH LIMB OF THE LUKE-GRAVELEY SYNCLINE, AND THE ROCK LOCATED BELOW THE ANDERSON- BROCK WORKINGS. THE TOTAL PHOSPHATE IN THE DISTRICT MAS CALCULATIONS ARE BASED ON AN AVERAGE BED THICKNESS OF 1M, 2,883 KG/CU M OF ROCK, 20% OF THE ORE ZONE DESTROYED. BY WASHES OR FAULTS, A 24 M HIGH SURFACE PILLAR TO PREVENT GROUND SURFACE SUBSIDENCE, AN AVERAGE DIP OF 45D

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 20300M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Swell Factor .66
    Percent Waste Rock 3
    Percent Recovery 80
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 915
    Number of Adits 10
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 907
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 29.89
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 252
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1986

Comments on other economic factors

  • CRUSHER IS A HAZEMAG ROTARY HAMMER IMPACT CRUSHER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANDERSON, W. TEST OPERATION OF A PNEMUATIC VIBRATION-BLADE PLANER IN PHOSPHATE AND COAL. BUMINES RI 6140, 1962.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ARMSTRONG, R. J. MINING OPERATIONS OF THE MONTANA PHOSPHATE PRODUCTS COMPANY. MINING TRANSACTIONS AIME, V. 184, 1949, PP. 287-291.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, SEPT 1973, P. 142-147.

  • Deposit

    MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 129, 1991,

  • Reserve-Resource

    DIPPOLD, M. COMINCO AMERICAN. ORAL COMMUNICATION, 1979.

  • Reserve-Resource

    EMIGH, G. D. PETROLOGY AND ORIGIN OF PHOSPHORITES. ANATOMY OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE FIELD. FIFTEETH ANNUAL FIELD CONFERENCE. INTERMOUNTAIN ASSOC. OF GEOL., 1967.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. SEPT. 1973, PP. 142-147.

  • Reserve-Resource

    GILBERT, G. MINING OPERATIONS OF THE MONTANA PHOSPHATE PRODUCTS COMPANY. TRANSACTIONS AIME, V. 173, 1947. PP. 240-244.

  • Reserve-Resource

    HOWARD, T. E. DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A PNEUMATIC VIBRATING-BLADE PLANER FOR MINING PHOSPHATE ROCK. BUMINES RI 5219, 1956.

  • Reserve-Resource

    VIBRATING-BLADE PLANER FOR MINING PHOSPHATE ROCK. BUMINES

  • Reserve-Resource

    LOWRISON, G. CRUSHING AND GRINDING. R. C. PRESS INC, 1974, PP. 193-206.

  • Reserve-Resource

    LUFT, S. PHOSPHATE REPORT. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY PROPERTIES AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, 1958.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING WORLD. MONTANA PHOSPHATE STARTS OPEN PIT TO MINE THIN OREBED ON 24 DEGREE SLOPE. NOV. 1955, PP. 44-46.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING WORLD. HOW MONTANA PHOSPHATE CUTS COSTS. FEB. 1956, PP. 52-56.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MOORE, H. COMINCO AMERICAN. ORAL COMMUNICATION, 1979.

  • Reserve-Resource

    PARDEE, J. T. SOME FURTHER DISCOVERIES OF ROCK PHOSPHATE IN MONTANA. U.S. GEOL. SURVY BVULL. 530, 1913, PP. 285-291.

  • Reserve-Resource

    PARDEE, J. T. THE GARRISON AND PHILIPSBURG PHOSPHATE FIELDS, MONTANA. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 640, 1916, PP. 195-228.

  • Reserve-Resource

    POPOFF, C. C. AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES, PART 2, MONTANA. BUMINES RI 6611, 1965.

  • Reserve-Resource

    SERVICE, A. L. DESIGN AND TEST OPERATION OF A PNEUMATIC VIBRATING-BLADE PLANER. BUMINES RI 5437, 1959.

  • Reserve-Resource

    STRAAM ENGINEERS, INC. CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST ESTIMATING HANDBOOK. U.S. BUMINES CONTRACT NO. JO255026, 1978.

  • Reserve-Resource

    SWANSON, R. W. GEOLOGY AND PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF THE PERMIAN ROCKS IN CENTRAL WESTERN MONTANA. U.S. GEOL. SURVEY PROF. PAPER 313-F, 1973.

  • Reserve-Resource

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. CONSERVATION DIVISION FILES IN BILLINGS MONTANA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS IS A COMPOSITE RECORD FOR THE DISTRICT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-JUN-95 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 15-DEC-10 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Recoded as Deposit, added Model, added info from duplicate record (Dep_ID 10024613)
Reporter 01-FEB-83 Saam, Henning, G. Bundesanstalt Fuer Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffee (Germany)

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 02/28/1994
MSHA mine ID2400146
Mine name (MSHA)Warm Springs Mine
Current operatorCominco American Inc
Current controller (parent)Teck Resources Limited
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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