Cave Creek

The Cave Creek is a phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 6,558 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Cave Creek

Commodity

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Uranium

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

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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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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 FM IS ON THE WEST LIMB OF THE NE PLUNGING CAVE CREEK ANTICLINE. ATTITUDE OF BEDS:N25W,40NE. RETORT MEMBER: BED IS 3.4 FT THICK AT29.9% P2O5, 9.2 FT THICK AT 18.4% P2O5. MUDSTONE HANGING AND FOOTWALL WOULD CAUSE EXTENSIVE DILUTION IF THIS BED WERE TO BE MINED. SAMPLE LOT 1257 FROM USGS PROF PAPER 313-E IS L0CATED HERE.

References

Reference (Deposit): A PHOSPHATE SAMPLE SITE.

Reference (Deposit): SEE BIRCH CREEK 0300010538 FOR SEVERAL MILES OF PERMIAN

Reference (Deposit): MISSOURI RIVER BASIN REPORT 73, P. B-6.

Reference (Deposit): USGS CIRC. 260, P. 19.

Reference (Deposit): MONTANA: USGS PROF. PAPER 313-E, P. 705, 757.

Reference (Deposit): SWANSON, R. W., 1970, MIN. RES. IN PERMIAN ROCKS OF SW

Reference (Deposit): OF MINES RI 6611, P. 99.

Reference (Deposit): INDUSTRY AND IT'S RESOURCES, PT. 2, MONTANA, U.S. BUREAU

Reference (Deposit): CRIB

Reference (Deposit): POPOFF, C. C., 1965, AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE

Reference (Deposit): EXPOSURE.

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.