Wonder Lode No. 18 Deposit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072006
MRDS ID W015812
MAS/MILS ID 0160590780
Record type Site
Current site name Wonder Lode No. 18 Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.4628, 44.94929 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position 9 MI E OF TENDOY

Site location context

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)

Lemhi(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 26 NWSWNW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On The Continental Divide Almost Against The Montana Line

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
REE Critical Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Monazite Ore
Rutile Ore
Thorite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Barite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1 CHIP SAMPLE HAD 0.22% THO2
Result 1 GRAB SAMPLE HAD 0.33% 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) -113.4628, 44.94929

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS
    Strike N 38 DEG W
    Dip 30 DEG SW
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 30.48M

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 Lewis Corp.

Comments on the workings information

  • Trenching

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Vein Sporadically Mineralized With Some Appreciable Radioactivity

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

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Dubois Quad, Location No. 95

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 Veins, East Vein (Thorium) Described Above; North Vein (Thorium) Trends N 75 Deg W; West Vein (Thorium) Is 100 Ft Long, 1 Ft Thick, Trends N 44 Deg W, Dips 65 Deg Sw; South Vein (Barren Quartz) Is 310 Ft Long, 10 Ft Thick, Trends N 70 Deg E And Dips 80 Deg Se

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) 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.