Montana · Beaverhead County
Past Producer

Canyon Creek Phosphate Mine

Beaverhead County, Montana, United States
Phosphorus-PhosphatesUraniumFluorine-Fluorite
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Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
TertiaryUranium, Fluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeB
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1951
Discovery year1948
Identification
Deposit ID10147773
MRDS IDDC12069
Alternate namesCanyon Creek No. 2
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.6916, -112.75839
References
POPOFF, C.C., 1965, AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATEINDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES, PT. 2, MONTANA, USBM RI 6611.MBMG IC 20, 1957, P. 3.LUFT, STANLEY, 1958, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY,PROPERTIES AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT,PHOSPHATE REPORT, P. 68.KLEPPER, M.R., 1953, STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS OF THEPHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN MONTANA, 1948: USGS CIRCULAR 260.SWANSON, R.W., 1970, MINERAL RESOURCES IN PERMIAN ROCKS OFSW MONTANA, USGS PROF. PAPER 313-E, P. 696.USGM MRB RPT 113, P. 56.MBMG BULL. 14, P. 3.