Mine detail: Melrose Phosphate

Location:	Beaverhead County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long:	45.66657, -112.73422
dep_id:	10011224
mrds_id:	D005560
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Trace mineral:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Vanadium, Uranium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
orebody_fm:	BEDDED, PELLETAL, OOLITIC
Reporter:	Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)
hrock_unit:	Phosphoria
hrock_type:	Mudstone,Sandstone,Dolomite,Phosphorite,Chert
Structure:	Complex Folds And Faults, Pluglike Quartz Monzonite Bodies.
disc_yr:	1910
discr:	H.S. Gale
References:	Deposit:: SWANSON, R.W., 1970, MINERAL RESOURCES - PERMIAN ROCKS IN SW MONTANA: USGS PROF PAPER 313-E, 116 P. Deposit:: CROWLEY, F.A., 1962, PHOSPHATE ROCK: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., SPECIAL PUB. 25, 8 P. Deposit:: RICHARDS, R.W., AND PARDEE, J.T., 1925, THE MELROSE PHOSPHATE FIELD, MONTANA: USGS BULL 780-A, P. 1-25. Deposit:: GALE, H.S., 1911, ROCK PHOSPHATE NEAR MELROSE, MONTANA: USGS BULL 470, P. 440-451. Deposit:: 1911 GALE, H.S., USGS BULL 470 Deposit:: 1925 GEOLMAP RICHARDS AND PARDEE, USGS BULL 780 Deposit:: 1970 COMPILE SWANS, R.W., USGS PROF. PAPER 313-E Reserve-Resource:: USGS PROF. PAPER 313-E, P. 689 ITEM 1 IS TOTAL PHOSPHATE TONNAGE FOR 8 AREAS AROUND MELROSE.