The Dissett Mines is a phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 5,669 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,669 Feet (1,728 Meters)
Commodity: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Lat, Long: 46.3497, -113.29140
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Dissett Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dissett Mines
Secondary: Red Hill Mines
Commodity
Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
Land Status
Land ownership: Unknown
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 80 ACRES. FROM 1946-48 11000 ST WAS MINED, 30% P205. WORKINGS CONSIST OF 1100 FT OF CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS, AND |2 SHAFTS TO SURFACE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IS ON THE NOSE AND E LIMB OF WYMAN GULCH SYNCLINE. BEDS STRIKE N10E AND DIP 40NE. RETORyT MEMBE IS 12-20 FT THICK OF INTERBEDDED SHALES AND PHOSPHORITES. HANGING AND FOOTWALLS ARE SOFT SHALE AND CLAY, SQUARE SET TIMBERING IS REQUIRED. MINEABLE DECTION IS 36 INCHS OF 28-30 P205, STRIKE LENGTH 350 FT, 100 FT UP DIP FROM ADIT LEVEL. BED IS 6.9 FT THICK AT 25.6% P205, 10.25 FT THICK AT 18.5% P205. SAMPLE LOT 1386 FROM PROF PAPER 313-F IS LOCATED HERE.
References
Reference (Deposit): ENG AND MINING JOURNAL, JULY 1949, P. 133
Reference (Deposit): 313-F, P 797.
Reference (Deposit): PERMIAN ROCKS IN CENTRAL WESTERN MONTANA: USGS PROF. PAPER
Reference (Deposit): LUFT, STANLEY, 1958, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY,
Reference (Deposit): INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES, PART 2, MONTANA, USBM RI 6611.
Reference (Deposit): MBM G MEM 20, 1940 P.32
Reference (Deposit): POPOFF, C.C., 1965, AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE
Reference (Deposit): SWANSON, R.W., 1973, GEOLOGY AND PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF THE
Reference (Deposit): REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): PROPERTIES AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, PHOSPHATE
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.
