| Deposit ID | 10019247 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC09160 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Beaverhead |
| Alternate or previous names | Lucky Strike No. 1 Mine Staatz Loc. No. 64 |
| Related records | 10220948, 10293642 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.43979, 44.94961 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2332 |
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
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Beaverhead |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 010S | 015W | 20 | SW | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Thorium | Primary |
| Uranium | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Thorite | Ore |
| Goethite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Specularite | Gangue |
| Result | THORIA CONTENT IS AVERAGING .25 PERCENT ( STAATZ, 1972 |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| (1) | -113.43979, 44.94961 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Silicified Rock Is Fractured And Minutelt Veined With Specularite |
| General form | LENS - ZONE |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 70 E |
| Dip | 60 S |
| Thickness | 30.48M |
| Length | 213.36M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Lemhi Pass |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | R. G. Denny |
| Home office | Salmon, Id. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC09160 |
SAHINEN, UM, 1955, MONT. B.M. AND GEOL. INF. CIRC. 6, P. 8.
TRITES AND TOOKER, 1953 , URANIUM AND THORIUM DEPOSITS IN EAST-CENTRAL IDAHO AND SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA, USGS BULL 988-H.
SHARP, W. N., AND CAVENDER, W. S., 1962 , GEOLOGY AND THORIUM-BEARING DEPOSITS OF THE LEMHI PASS AREA, LEMHI CO., IDA AND BEAVERHEAD, MONT. USGS BULL 1126 .
CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-07-1963
5) STAATZ, M. H., 1972 , GEOLOGY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE THORIUM BEARING VEIN, LEMHI PASS QUADRANGLE, IDAHO AND MONTANA, USGS BULL 1351 .
1953 GEOLMAP TRITES AND TOOKER USGS BULL 988-H
1962 GEOLMAP SHARP AND CAUENDER, USGS BULL 1126
1972 GEOLMAP GEACH, MONT. BUR OF M. & G. BULL 85
1972 GEOLMAP STAATZ, M. H., USGS BULL 1351
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEINS ARE MORE LIKE ZONES |
| 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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