Maxville Phosphate Mine, Granite Co., Montana, USA
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 46° 26' 50'' North , 113° 13' 40'' West |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 46.44722,-113.22778 |
| GeoHash: | G#: c2r2prqn9 |
| Locality type: | Mine |
| Köppen climate type: | Dfb : Warm-summer humid continental climate |
REF:Deposit:: POPOFF, C.C., 1965, AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE
Deposit:: INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES, PART 2, MONTANA, USBM RI 6611.
Deposit:: LUFT, STANLEY, 1958, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY,
Deposit:: PROPERTIES AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
Commodities (Major) - Phosphorus-Phosphates; (Trace) - Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite
Development Status: Unknown
Commodity List
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Regional Geology
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| Mesoproterozoic 1000 - 1600 Ma ID: 2120418 | Bonner Quartzite Age: Mesoproterozoic (1000 - 1600 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Bonner Quartzite Lithology: Major:: {feldspathic quartzite}; Minor:: {conglomerate} Reference: Zientek, M.L., P.D. Derkey, R.J. Miller, J.D. Causet et al. Spatial Databases for the Geology of the Northern Rocky Mountains - Idaho, Montana, and Washington. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1235 Version 1.0. [25] |
| Mesoproterozoic 1000 - 1600 Ma ID: 2826001 | Upper Missoula Group: McNamara, Bonner, and Mount Shields Formations; locally includes lower Libby Formation in northwestern Montana Age: Mesoproterozoic (1000 - 1600 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: McNamara Formation; Bonner Quartzite; Mount Shields Formation; Libby Formation Description: McNamara Formation: Dense green and red siltite and argillite in mudcracked couplets containing diagnostic chert beds and rip-up clasts. Thickness as much as 1,650 m (5,413 ft). Bonner Formation: Pink, cross-bedded, feldspathic, medium- to coarse grained quartzite. Thickness as much as 580 m (1,903 ft). Mount Shields Formation: Upper part: red quartzite, siltite, and argillite in mud-cracked couples and couplets with abundant salt casts. Lower part: light gray, flat-laminated, feldspathic, fine-grained quartzite. Thickness as much as 2,000 m (6,562 ft). In northwestern Montana - Libby Formation:Light to dark gray and greenish gray siltite and argillite with subordinate quartzite in mud-cracked couplets. Thickness as much as 2,300 m (7,546 ft). Lithology: Major:{metasiltstone,argillite,quartzite}, Incidental:{chert, salt} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
| Mesoproterozoic 1000 - 1600 Ma ID: 3186914 | Mesoproterozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks Age: Mesoproterozoic (1000 - 1600 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Purcell Group Comments: Omineca Belt Lithology: Mafic-intermediate volcanic rocks; limestone,shale,argillite,quartzite,dolomite,siltstone; turbidite Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
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