The Cave Creek is a phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 6,558 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,558 Feet (1,999 Meters)
Commodity: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Lat, Long: 45.3317, -112.82140
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Cave Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cave Creek
Commodity
Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Geology): PHOSPHORIA FM IS ON THE WEST LIMB OF THE NE PLUNGING CAVE CREEK ANTICLINE. ATTITUDE OF BEDS:N25W,40NE. RETORT MEMBER: BED IS 3.4 FT THICK AT29.9% P2O5, 9.2 FT THICK AT 18.4% P2O5. MUDSTONE HANGING AND FOOTWALL WOULD CAUSE EXTENSIVE DILUTION IF THIS BED WERE TO BE MINED. SAMPLE LOT 1257 FROM USGS PROF PAPER 313-E IS L0CATED HERE.
References
Reference (Deposit): A PHOSPHATE SAMPLE SITE.
Reference (Deposit): SEE BIRCH CREEK 0300010538 FOR SEVERAL MILES OF PERMIAN
Reference (Deposit): MISSOURI RIVER BASIN REPORT 73, P. B-6.
Reference (Deposit): USGS CIRC. 260, P. 19.
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA: USGS PROF. PAPER 313-E, P. 705, 757.
Reference (Deposit): SWANSON, R. W., 1970, MIN. RES. IN PERMIAN ROCKS OF SW
Reference (Deposit): OF MINES RI 6611, P. 99.
Reference (Deposit): INDUSTRY AND IT'S RESOURCES, PT. 2, MONTANA, U.S. BUREAU
Reference (Deposit): CRIB
Reference (Deposit): POPOFF, C. C., 1965, AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE
Reference (Deposit): EXPOSURE.
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
