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Divide No. 1 and 2 Claims

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Thorium, Uranium
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019242
MRDS ID DC09140
Record type Site
Current site name Divide No. 1 and 2 Claims
Related records 10293728

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.94644, 44.89101 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position FIVE MILES SW OF CLARK CANYON RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garfield 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011S 011W 09 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • TOP OF WEST END OF LIMEKILN CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
Uranium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Thorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.94644, 44.89101
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bed Rocks Cut By Dikes And Stocks. And Small Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 2.74M
    Length 11.89M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 5 PEGMATITE DIKES UP TO 23 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Deer Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner P. O. Grimstead ( 1953 )

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHALLOW PITS AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: TRITES & TOOKER, 1953

  • Deposit

    TRITES AND TOOKER, 1953, USGS BULL. 988-H, P. 185.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1963

  • Deposit

    1953 GEOLMAP TRITES A. F., TOOKER E. W., BULL 988-

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1979 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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