Mine detail: Williams Phosphate Mine

Previously called 'Ruby River Canyon MineMountain MeadowsCanyon Camp Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 45.0491, -112.01146

Resource(B)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
Discovery year: 1928

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1953

Geology

References

MAS300570085
DEP10196525
Reference{Deposit:: POPOFF, C.C., 1965, AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE}{Deposit:: INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES, PART 2, MONTANA, USBM RI 6611,}{Deposit:: P. 112.}{Deposit:: LUFT, STANLEY, 1958, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY,}{Deposit:: PROPERTIES AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, PHOSPHATE}{Deposit:: REPORT, P. 68.}{Deposit:: SWANSON, R.W., 1970, MINERAL RESOURCES IN PERMIAN ROCKS OF}{Deposit:: SW MONTANA; USGS PROF PAPER 313-E, P. 725.}{Deposit:: MRB 113, P. 84.}
ReporterWinters, Dick