The Birch Creek-Cave Gulch Area is a phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 6,798 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: 6,798 Feet (2,072 Meters)
Commodity: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Lat, Long: 45.3317, -112.82140
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Birch Creek-Cave Gulch Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Birch Creek-Cave Gulch Area
Commodity
Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Nickel
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
Type: Federal Lease
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD IS FOR A LARGE AREA COVERING THE PHOSPHATE MINERALIZATION IN THE AREA EAST OF THE PIONEER MTNS IN CAVE GULCH SYNCLINE. THUS IT INCLUDES SECS. 13,23,24,26,35 IN T5S R10W AND SECS 3,10,2 T6S R10W DEPOSIT SEQ NO. 0300010375 IS LOCATED IN THIS AREA APATITE OCCURES AS OOLITIC TO PELLETAL GRAINS THAT ARE VERY FINE TO MEDIUM SAND SIZE, NODULES ARE LOCALLY COMMON LOCATION IS A CHOSEN POINT THAT REPRESENTS SEVERAL MILES OF PERMIAN EXPOSURE.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): M1 C3 RETORT MEMBER: Q50; RESOURCE BLOCK ABOVE ENTRY LEVEL, BED AREA 1086930 SQUARE METERS; Q25; RESOURCE BLOCK ABOVE FIRST 30M BELOW ENTRY LEVEL, BED AREA 1486400 SQUARE METERS; Q10; RESOURCE BLOCK, TOTAL IN AREA, BED AREA 37438700 SQUARE METERS
References
Reference (Deposit): REPORT 113, TABLE 20, P. 76.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1957, MISSOURI RIVER BASIN PRELIMINARY
Reference (Deposit): REPORT 73, APPENDIX C.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1952, MISSOURI RIVER BASIN PRELIMINARY
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 260, P. 19.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 6611, 1965, P. 99.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): SOUTHWEST MONTANA, USGS PROF. PAPER 313-E, P. 702.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): SWANSON, ROGER, 1970, MINERAL RESOURCES IN PERMIAN ROCKS OF
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