Dixie Claim Group

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Thorium
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071949
MRDS ID W015734
Record type Site
Current site name Dixie Claim Group
Related records 10193055

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.5569, 44.9161 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 5.5 MI NE OF LEMHI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Agency Creek(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 018N 024E 1 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON LOWER E SLOPE OF RAMSEY MOUNTAIN; ON NOSE OF A PROMINENT SPUR RIDGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME RADIOACTIVITY

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.5569, 44.9161

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Broad Se-Trending Laramide Thrust Zone

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS, BUNCHES
    Strike N 50 DEG W
    Dip 50 DEG NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1956

Mining district

District name Mcdevitt District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LEMHI QUADRANGLE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 124, 111 P

  • Deposit

    1961 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 12

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1974-09-01 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.