The Maxville Phosphate Mine is a phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Lat, Long: 46.4472, -113.22780
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Maxville Phosphate Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Maxville Phosphate Mine
Commodity
Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
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: Unknown
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 (Geology): PHOSPHORIA IS IN BROKEN, CRUSHED AND SHEARED ZONE; WITHIN BRECCIA ZONE OF BUNGOLOW THRUST FAULT. MINING ZONE IS 2- 11 FT THICK OF16.3-17.7% P205. STRIKE VARIES DUE TO BED WARPING AND FAULTING; DIP 45W.
Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY CONSISTS OF US GOV. LEASE NO. 084452(304 ACRES). WORKINGS: 470 ADIT, 150 FEET OF DRIFTS. MINE OPERATED OFF-AN-ON 1929-1953. 1850 TONS OF GROUND ROCK WAS PRODUCED.
References
Reference (Deposit): INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES, PART 2, MONTANA, USBM RI 6611.
Reference (Deposit): POPOFF, C.C., 1965, AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE
Reference (Deposit): REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): PROPERTIES AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, PHOSPHATE
Reference (Deposit): LUFT, STANLEY, 1958, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY,
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.
