Jefferson Canyon Phosphoria

Prospect in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294307
MAS/MILS ID 0300570641
Record type Site
Current site name Jefferson Canyon Phosphoria

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.91416, 45.8352 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001 N 003 W 13 SENWSE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.91416, 45.8352

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 6611, 1965, P95.

  • Deposit

    LUFT, STANLEY, 1958, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY

  • Deposit

    PROPERTIES AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    REPORT, 106 PAGES

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, J.A., 1954, STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS OF THE

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN MONTANA, 1951: USGS CIR 326, 27 PP

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION IS AN EXPOSURE AND TRANCH ABOUT 200 FT ABOVE JEFFERSON RIVER ON W SIDE OF CANYON. BEST BED IN LOWER PART OF PHOSPHORIA FORMATION, .9 FT THICK 24.7% P2O5

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 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.