Warm Springs Creek Mine

The Warm Springs Creek Mine is a phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Powell county, Montana at an elevation of 4,839 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Warm Springs Creek Mine
Secondary: Brock Mine
Secondary: Warm Springs Deposit
Secondary: Bishop Adit
Secondary: Spokane Chemical Co. Workings
Secondary: Anderson Mine

Commodity

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

Location

State: Montana
County: Powell
District: Montana Phosphate District

Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed
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: Federal Lease
Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Cominco American Inc.
Company ID: 2400146
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Washington, local office Garrison, Mt. 59731
Info Year: 1986
Years: 1986 -

Production

Year: 1986
Description: 56,733 Tonnes Of P2o5 193460 193,460 Mt Ore Mined
Year: 1985
Description: 63,220 Tonnes Of P2o5 214000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1984
Description: 56,441 Tonnes Of P2o5 190000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1983
Description: 48,526 Tonnes Of P205 170889 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1982
Description: 49,862 Tonnes Of P205 169049 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1981
Description: 53,144 Tonnes Of P205 182929 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1980
Description: 53,076 Tonnes Of P205 183019 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1979
Description: 50,592 Tonnes Of P205 174120 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1978
Description: 47,748 Tonnes Of P205 166669 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1977
Description: 42,507 Tonnes Of P205 146575 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1976
Description: 49,618 Tonnes Of P205 172888 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1975
Description: 70,660 Tonnes Of P205 246205 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1974
Description: 71,864 Tonnes Of P205 246110 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1973
Description: 58,941 Tonnes Of P205 205370 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1972
Description: 64,448 Tonnes Of P205 217729 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1971
Description: 63,586 Tonnes Of P205 212330 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1970
Description: 43,317 Tonnes Of P205 144392 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1969
Description: 69,794 Tonnes Of P205 232648 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1968
Description: 102,598 Tonnes Of P205 337388 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1967
Description: 104,209 Tonnes Of P205 341122 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1966
Description: 102,256 Tonnes Of P205 346714 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1965
Description: 114,652 Tonnes Of P205 372254 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1964
Description: 111,492 Tonnes Of P205 355228 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1963
Description: 131,309 Tonnes Of P205 420520 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1962
Description: 120,970 Tonnes Of P205 385625 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1961
Description: 123,073 Tonnes Of P205 396307 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1960
Description: 112,729 Tonnes Of P205 366038 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1959
Description: 106,599 Tonnes Of P205 340755 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1958
Description: 102,206 Tonnes Of P205 332145 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1957
Description: 84,844 Tonnes Of P205 271346 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1956
Description: 81,835 Tonnes Of P205 255032 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1955
Description: 94,232 Tonnes Of P205 299149 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1954
Description: 89,228 Tonnes Of P205 282367 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1953
Description: 76,871 Tonnes Of P205 243263 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1952
Description: 73,225 Tonnes Of P205 230268 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1951
Description: 65,428 Tonnes Of P205 208369 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1950
Description: 68,976 Tonnes Of P205 217589 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1949
Description: 97,153 Tonnes Of P205 101350 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1948
Description: 81,740 Tonnes Of P205 258670 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1947
Description: 74,613 Tonnes Of P205 235373 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1946
Description: 58,569 Tonnes Of P205 184181 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1945
Description: 47,766 Tonnes Of P205 147428 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1944
Description: 60,802 Tonnes Of P205 189417 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1943
Description: 38,621 Tonnes Of P205 121680 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1942
Description: Tonnes Of P205 148060 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1941
Description: Tonnes Of P205 102758 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1940
Description: Tonnes Of P205 55380 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1939
Description: Tonnes Of P205 43120 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1938
Description: Tonnes Of P205 65553 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1937
Description: Tonnes Of P205 49565 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1936
Description: Tonnes Of P205 32407 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1935
Description: Tonnes Of P205 26878 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1934
Description: Tonnes Of P205 3183 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1933
Description: Tonnes Of P205 4232 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1932
Description: Tonnes Of P205 20065 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1931
Description: Tonnes Of P205 68440 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1930
Description: Tonnes Of P205 9144 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1929
Description: Tonnes Of P205 Mt Ore Per Year

Deposit

Record Type: Deposit
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Chemical Sediment, Marine
Plant Type: Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant Subtype: Crush
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Milling Method: Sizing
Year First Production: 1929
Discovery Year: 1912
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Phosphate, upwelling type

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Apatite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): COMINCO ESTIMATES PHOSPHATE MINEABLE FROM THE WARM SPRINGS CREEK MINE. ESTIMATE 80% ORE RECOVERY. RESOURCES ARE WHAT WILL COME OUT OF THE PORTAL. ROCK ON THE NOSE OF THE GARRISON ANTICLINE, THE ROCK ON THE NORTH FLANK OF THE GARRISON ANTICLINE, THE ROCK ON THE NORTH LIMB OF THE LUKE-GRAVELEY SYNCLINE, AND THE ROCK LOCATED BELOW THE ANDERSON- BROCK WORKINGS. THE TOTAL PHOSPHATE IN THE DISTRICT MAS CALCULATIONS ARE BASED ON AN AVERAGE BED THICKNESS OF 1M, 2,883 KG/CU M OF ROCK, 20% OF THE ORE ZONE DESTROYED. BY WASHES OR FAULTS, A 24 M HIGH SURFACE PILLAR TO PREVENT GROUND SURFACE SUBSIDENCE, AN AVERAGE DIP OF 45D

Comment (Deposit): THIS IS A COMPOSITE RECORD FOR THE DISTRICT.

Comment (Economic Factors): CRUSHER IS A HAZEMAG ROTARY HAMMER IMPACT CRUSHER

Comment (Ownership): LAND OWNERSHIP IS A MIXTURE OF FEDERAL AND PRIVATE SURFACE AND FEDERAL AND PRIVATE MINERALS. COMINCO CONTROLS ALL OF THE PHOSPHATE LEASES AND LEASE APPLICATIONS IN THE AREA. MR. GEORGE RELYEA (20 HA) HAS THE ONLY PRIVATE PHOSPHATE IN THE DISTRICT NOT CONTROLLED BY COMINCO.

References

Reference (Deposit): BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON

Reference (Reserve-Resource): PARDEE, J. T. SOME FURTHER DISCOVERIES OF ROCK PHOSPHATE IN MONTANA. U.S. GEOL. SURVY BVULL. 530, 1913, PP. 285-291.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MOORE, H. COMINCO AMERICAN. ORAL COMMUNICATION, 1979.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): VIBRATING-BLADE PLANER FOR MINING PHOSPHATE ROCK. BUMINES

Reference (Reserve-Resource): HOWARD, T. E. DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A PNEUMATIC VIBRATING-BLADE PLANER FOR MINING PHOSPHATE ROCK. BUMINES RI 5219, 1956.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): GILBERT, G. MINING OPERATIONS OF THE MONTANA PHOSPHATE PRODUCTS COMPANY. TRANSACTIONS AIME, V. 173, 1947. PP. 240-244.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. SEPT. 1973, PP. 142-147.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): EMIGH, G. D. PETROLOGY AND ORIGIN OF PHOSPHORITES. ANATOMY OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE FIELD. FIFTEETH ANNUAL FIELD CONFERENCE. INTERMOUNTAIN ASSOC. OF GEOL., 1967.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ARMSTRONG, R. J. MINING OPERATIONS OF THE MONTANA PHOSPHATE PRODUCTS COMPANY. MINING TRANSACTIONS AIME, V. 184, 1949, PP. 287-291.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ANDERSON, W. TEST OPERATION OF A PNEMUATIC VIBRATION-BLADE PLANER IN PHOSPHATE AND COAL. BUMINES RI 6140, 1962.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MINING WORLD. HOW MONTANA PHOSPHATE CUTS COSTS. FEB. 1956, PP. 52-56.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MINING WORLD. MONTANA PHOSPHATE STARTS OPEN PIT TO MINE THIN OREBED ON 24 DEGREE SLOPE. NOV. 1955, PP. 44-46.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): LUFT, S. PHOSPHATE REPORT. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY PROPERTIES AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, 1958.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): LOWRISON, G. CRUSHING AND GRINDING. R. C. PRESS INC, 1974, PP. 193-206.

Reference (Deposit): MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 129, 1991,

Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, SEPT 1973, P. 142-147.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DIPPOLD, M. COMINCO AMERICAN. ORAL COMMUNICATION, 1979.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. CONSERVATION DIVISION FILES IN BILLINGS MONTANA.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SWANSON, R. W. GEOLOGY AND PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF THE PERMIAN ROCKS IN CENTRAL WESTERN MONTANA. U.S. GEOL. SURVEY PROF. PAPER 313-F, 1973.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): STRAAM ENGINEERS, INC. CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST ESTIMATING HANDBOOK. U.S. BUMINES CONTRACT NO. JO255026, 1978.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SERVICE, A. L. DESIGN AND TEST OPERATION OF A PNEUMATIC VIBRATING-BLADE PLANER. BUMINES RI 5437, 1959.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): POPOFF, C. C. AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES, PART 2, MONTANA. BUMINES RI 6611, 1965.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): PARDEE, J. T. THE GARRISON AND PHILIPSBURG PHOSPHATE FIELDS, MONTANA. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 640, 1916, PP. 195-228.

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