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Cago No. 10

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010307
MRDS ID D003912
Record type Site
Current site name Cago No. 10
Alternate or previous names Staatz Loc. No. 51
Related records 10294126

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.4834, 44.94711 (WGS84)
Elevation 2426
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES SW 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)

Lemhi(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010S 015W 19 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON IDA. - MONT. BORDER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.4834, 44.94711
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 W
    Dip STEEP
    Thickness 0.4M
    Length 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lemhi Pass

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1972 GEOLMAP STAATZ, BULL. 135

Reporter information

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

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