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Three and One Claim

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071979
MRDS ID W015777
MAS/MILS ID 0160590233
Record type Site
Current site name Three and One Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.4748, 44.95519 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 8.25 MI E OF TENDOY

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 019N 025E 22 C S2 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • .5 Mi SW Of Wonder Lode Claim On NW Slope Of Drainage Gulch

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Ocher Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Leaching

Analytical data

Result 0.2 MR/HR AND 0.11 % THO2 FROM LIMONITIC MATERIAL
Result 1 VEIN GRAB SAMPLE HAD 0.021 % EU, 0.001 % U, 0.11 % THO2

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.4748, 44.95519
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 DEG E
    Dip 89 DEG SE
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original alteration entry:
    Local - Leaching

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mc Devitt District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. P. Peron, Mr. Woodman

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 3.05M
    Overall width 2.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 Cut

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Sharp, W. N., And Cavendar, W. S., 1962, Geology And Thorium-Bearing Deposits Of The Lemhi Pass Area, Lemhi County, Idaho, And Beaverhead County, Montana: USGS Bulletin 1126, 76 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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