La Marche Creek

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294115
MAS/MILS ID 0300010548
Record type Site
Current site name La Marche Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.74699, 45.703 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Melrose(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001 S 009 W 32 S2 Montana

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.74699, 45.703

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POPOFF, C.C., 1965, AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES, PART 2, MONTANA, USBM RI 6611,

  • Deposit

    145 PAGES

  • Deposit

    LUFT, STANLEY, 1958, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY,

  • Deposit

    PROPERTIES AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    REPORT, 106 PAGES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VICTOR CHEMICAL WORKS BEGAN DEVELOPMENT IN 1951 AND DROVE TWO 600 FT LONG ADITS AT 6750 FT ELEVATION. THE ADITS WERE TO CONNECT WITH THE CANYON CREEK MINE. IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO TAP THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE LA MARCHE CREEK MINE FROM CANYON CREEK MINE BY DRIFTING AT THE 5500 FT LEVEL. ~DEVELOPMENT OF THE MINE WAS RESTARTED IN 1961 AND ORE WAS BEING MINED FROM STOPES ABOVE THE MAIN DRIFTS IN 1965. THE 26.8 FT THICK SECTION AVERAGES 18% P205, STRIKING N40W,

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 Benjamin U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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