The Anaconda Quarry is a phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Deer Lodge county, Montana at an elevation of 6,119 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: 6,119 Feet (1,865 Meters)
Commodity: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Lat, Long: 46.17, -113.05780
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Anaconda Quarry MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Anaconda Quarry
Commodity
Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Montana
County: Deer Lodge
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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 (Geology): 1/4 MILE EAST OF A LIMESTONE QUARRY ON THE N. SIDE OF WARM SPRINGS CREEK THE RETORT MEMBER IS EXPOSED IN A STEEP BLUFF WHERE IT LIES BETWEEN A QUARTZITE FOOTWALL AND HANGING WALL. RETORT MEMBER: .6 FT 32.8% P205; 8.7 FT THICK 24.7% P205; 10.9 FT THICK 21.3% P205. THE MEMBER IS BROKEN AND SHEARED COULD NOT BE MINED WITHOUT EXCESSIVE DILUTION.
References
Reference (Deposit): POPOFF, C.C., 1965, AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE
Reference (Deposit): INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES, PART 2, MONTANA, USBM RI 6611
Reference (Deposit): P.73
Reference (Deposit): AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. PHOSPHATE REPORT,
Reference (Deposit): 1958, P81.
Reference (Deposit): SWANSON, R.W., 1953B, STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS OF THE PHOSPHOR
Reference (Deposit): IA FORMATION IN MONTANA, PART W2, 1949-1950: USGS CIRC. 303,
Reference (Deposit): 21PP.
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