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Bull Moose

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Thorium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010302
MRDS ID D003907
Record type Site
Current site name Bull Moose
Alternate or previous names Staatz Loc. No. 76
Related records 10147763

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.43396, 44.94489 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 2 MILES SSE OF LEMHI PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lemhi Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Rock(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010S 015W 22 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED EAST OF THE JUNCTION OF NORTH AND SOUTH FRYING PAN CREEKS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Thorite Ore
Hematite Gangue

Analytical data

Result NO DATA, BUT VEIN IS RADIOACTIVE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.43396, 44.94489
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 W
    Dip 85 SW
    Thickness 0.12M
    Length 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1949
Discoverer R. A. Wellborn, J. H. Selwat

Mining district

District name Lemhi Pass

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO BULL DOZER TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHARP, W. N., CAVENDER, W. S., 1962 , GEOLOGY AND TH-BEARING DEPOSITS OF LEMHI PASS, IDAHO AND MONT., USGS BULL. 1126 .

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M. H., 1972 , GEOLOGY AND DESCRIPTION OF TH-BEARING VEINS OF LEMHI PASS QUAD., IDA. & MONT., USGS BULL. 1351 .

  • Deposit

    1962 GEOLMAP SHARP AND CAVENDER, BULL 1126

  • Deposit

    1972 GEOLMAP STAATZ, BULL 1351

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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