The Little Water Canyon is a phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 8,520 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,520 Feet (2,597 Meters)
Commodity: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Lat, Long: 44.7292, -112.81970
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Little Water Canyon MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Water Canyon
Commodity
Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
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: Unknown
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 (Deposit): DEPOSITS ARE IN THE AULTED SEGMENT OF THENORTH LIMB OF THE LITTLE WATER SYNCLINE. PHOSPHORIA FM ATTITUDE:N50W,45-50S RETORT MEMBER: BED IS 0.8FT THICK AT 31.5% P2O5, 4.6 FT THICK AT 20.0% P2O5. MEADE PEAK MEMBER: BED IS 1.5 FT THICK AT 31.5% P2O5, 5.7 FT THICK AT 20.0% P2O5. SAMPLE LOT 1341 FROM USGS PROF PAPER 313-E IS LOCATED HERE.
References
Reference (Deposit): MRB RPT 113, P. 92, 93.
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA: USGS PROF. PAPER 313-E, P. 715.
Reference (Deposit): SWANSON, R.W., 1970, MIN. RES. IN PERMIAN ROCKS OF SW
Reference (Deposit): INDUSTRY AND IT'S RESOURCES,PT.2, MONTANA, USBM RI 6611.
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, MINOBRAS, 1975, P. 14.
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.
