Mine detail: Canyon Creek Phosphate Mine

Previously called 'Canyon Creek No. 2'

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Location

Lat / long: 45.6916, -112.75839

Resource(B)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
Discovery year: 1948

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1951

Geology

References

MRDSDC12069
MAS300010061
DEP10147773
Reference{Deposit:: POPOFF, C.C., 1965, AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE}{Deposit:: INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES, PT. 2, MONTANA, USBM RI 6611.}{Deposit:: MBMG IC 20, 1957, P. 3.}{Deposit:: LUFT, STANLEY, 1958, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY,}{Deposit:: PROPERTIES AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT,}{Deposit:: PHOSPHATE REPORT, P. 68.}{Deposit:: KLEPPER, M.R., 1953, STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS OF THE}{Deposit:: PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN MONTANA, 1948: USGS CIRCULAR 260.}{Deposit:: SWANSON, R.W., 1970, MINERAL RESOURCES IN PERMIAN ROCKS OF}{Deposit:: SW MONTANA, USGS PROF. PAPER 313-E, P. 696.}{Deposit:: USGM MRB RPT 113, P. 56.}{Deposit:: MBMG BULL. 14, P. 3.}
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