Mine detail: Melrose Phosphate

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

45.66657, -112.73422

Resource(B)

Primary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Vanadium, Uranium
Orebody form:	BEDDED, PELLETAL, OOLITIC
Discovery year:	1910

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Phosphoria
Host type:	Mudstone,Sandstone,Dolomite,Phosphorite,Chert
Structure:	Complex Folds And Faults, Pluglike Quartz Monzonite Bodies.

References

MRDS	D005560
DEP	10011224
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)