Badger Claim Group

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Thorium, Titanium
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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071953
MRDS ID W015742
Record type Site
Current site name Badger Claim Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.4603, 44.96819 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 11 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

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

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)

Salmon-Challis 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 Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 019N 025E 23 NENWNW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • E Of Copper Queen Mine On Ridge Between That Mine And The Idaho-Montana Line; Plotted Sec. 14

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Vein Material Shows Some Radioactivity

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rutile Ore
Thorite Ore
Goethite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result 1 CHIP SAMPLE HAD 0.089% THO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics-Flows, Tuffs-Intermediate Com
    Rock description Challis Volcanics-Flows, Tuffs-Intermediate Com
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.4603, 44.96819

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 DEG W
    Dip 60 DEG NE
    Thickness 2.13M
    Length 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1956
Discoverer J. And M. Schenk; E. J. And L. L. Martonen

Mining district

District name Mcdevitt District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • Bulldozer Cuts, 1 Which Is 150 Ft Long

Comments on development

  • Not Less Than 10 Claims In Group

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1958, Uranium, Thorium, Columbium, And Rare Earth Deposits In The Salmon Region, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 115, 81 P.

  • Deposit

    Staatz, M. H., 1972, Geology And Description Of The Thorium-Bearing Veins, Lemhi Pass Quadrangle, Idaho And Montana: USGS Bull 1351, 94 P.

  • Deposit

    1958 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 115

  • Deposit

    1972 Recon M. H. Staatz, Bull 1351

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Dubois Quad, Location No. 62

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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