Montana · Powell County
Past Producer

Luke Mine

Powell County, Montana, United States
Phosphorus-PhosphatesUraniumFluorine-Fluorite
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Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
TertiaryUranium, Fluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeB
Materials
Other materialsCollophane, Mica, Montmorillonite, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1936
Discovery year1932
Identification
Deposit ID10172769
MRDS IDW014653
Alternate namesMineral Hill
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.6193, -112.7073
References
MBM AND G BULL 20,1960 P 41POPOFF, C.C., 1965, AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATEINDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES, PART 2, MONTANA, USBM RI 6611.LUFT, STANLEY, 1958, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY,PROPERTIES AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, PHOSPHATEREPORT.SWANSON, R.W., 1973, GEOLOGY AND PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF THEPERMIAN ROCKS IN CENTRAL WESTERN MONTANA: USGS PROF. PAPER313-F, P. 810.MBM AND G BULL 49, 1965, P. 47.MINING WORLD, FEB, 1956, P. 52-56.MINING WOFLD, NOV. 1955, P. 44-46.GILBERT, GEOFFREY, 1947, MINING OPERATIONS OF THE MONTANAPHOSPHATE PRODUCTS CO., TRANS. AIME 173, P. 240-244.CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, MAY 1954, P. 195-201.ARMSTRONG, R.J., 1949, MINING OPERATIONS OF THE MONTANAPHOSPHATE PRODUCTS CO, TRANS. AIME, VOL. 184, P. 287-291.