Mine detail: Luke Mine

Previously called 'Mineral Hill'

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Location

Lat / long: 46.6193, -112.7073

Resource(B)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
Other material: Collophane, Mica, Montmorillonite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1932

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1936

Geology

References

MRDSW014653
MAS300770073
DEP10172769
Reference{Deposit:: MBM AND G BULL 20,1960 P 41}{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 DEPARTMENT, PHOSPHATE}{Deposit:: REPORT.}{Deposit:: SWANSON, R.W., 1973, GEOLOGY AND PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF THE}{Deposit:: PERMIAN ROCKS IN CENTRAL WESTERN MONTANA: USGS PROF. PAPER}{Deposit:: 313-F, P. 810.}{Deposit:: MBM AND G BULL 49, 1965, P. 47.}{Deposit:: MINING WORLD, FEB, 1956, P. 52-56.}{Deposit:: MINING WOFLD, NOV. 1955, P. 44-46.}{Deposit:: GILBERT, GEOFFREY, 1947, MINING OPERATIONS OF THE MONTANA}{Deposit:: PHOSPHATE PRODUCTS CO., TRANS. AIME 173, P. 240-244.}{Deposit:: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, MAY 1954, P. 195-201.}{Deposit:: ARMSTRONG, R.J., 1949, MINING OPERATIONS OF THE MONTANA}{Deposit:: PHOSPHATE PRODUCTS CO, TRANS. AIME, VOL. 184, P. 287-291.}
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