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Gray Goose

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 10010327
MRDS ID D003933
Record type Site
Current site name Gray Goose

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.93056, 44.86944 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position 5 MILES SW OF ARMSTEAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lima(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 011S 011W 21,22 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED OVER THE DIVIDE AT THE WEST END OF BELL CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Thorite Ore
Anthophyllite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES CALCULATED RANGED .01 TO .2 PERCENT THORITE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.93056, 44.86944
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 4 - 40 W
    Dip 22 - 50 NE
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Metamorphic Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Deer Creek

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRITES, A. F., TOOKER, E. W., 1953 , URANIUM AND THORIUM DEPOSITS IN EAST-CENTRAL IDAHO AND SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA, USGS BULL 988-H.

  • Deposit

    GEACH, R. D., 1972 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, BEAVERHEAD CO., MONT., MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL 85 .

  • Deposit

    1953 GEOLMAP TRITES & TOOKER, BULL 988-H

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1980-01-01 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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