Mine detail: Sawmill Gulch Phosphate Deposit

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Location: Powell County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.58323, -112.38033
dep_id: 10019343
mrds_id: DC09596
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
alteration: Metamorphic
Reporter: Unknown, Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)
hrock_unit: Phosphoria Formation (Retort Member)
hrock_type: Phosphorite
Structure: Ellistone Anticline, Dunkleberg Anticline
References:
  • Deposit:: USGS FILES
  • Deposit:: USGS, GEOL. MAP OF MONT.
  • Deposit:: USBM RI 6611, P. 48, 49, 50.
  • Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-11-1962
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