| Deposit ID | 10269383 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300010537 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lost Creek-Willow Creek Syncline |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.80089, 45.4685 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2134 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaverhead(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Twin Adams Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Dillon(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Beaverhead |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 004 S | 010 W | 22 | E2E2SE | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Nickel Critical | Tertiary |
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Primary |
| REE Critical | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Ore Body (1) | -112.80089, 45.4685 |
|---|
| Thickness | 2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depth to top | 5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | National Forest |
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 5443100mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 7257400mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300010537 |
SWANSON, ROGER, 1970, MINERAL RESOURCES IN PERMIAN ROCKS OF
SOUTHWEST MONTANA, USGS PROF. PAPER 313-E, P. 702, 759.
USGS CIR. 260, P. 14.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS RECORD IS FOR A LARGE AREA COVERING THE PHOSPHATE MINERALIZATION OF THE AREA EAST OF THE PIONEER MTNS LOCATED BETWEEN LOST AND BIRCH CREEKS. THUS IT INCLUDES SECS 14,23, 26,35 IN T4SR10W; AND SECS. 2,11,12,13,14 IN T5S R10W DEPOSIT SEQ NO. 0300010515 IS LOCATED IN THIS AREA APPTITE OCCURES AS OOLITIC TO PELLETAL GRAINS THAT ARE VERY FINE TO MEDIUM SAND SIZE, NODULES ARE LOCALLY COMMON |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 15-AUG-1994 | Benjamin | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.