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Deer Fraction 1a Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072017
MRDS ID W015825
Record type Site
Current site name Deer Fraction 1a Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.4683, 44.9719 (WGS84)
Elevation 1878
Relative position 8.5 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

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 15 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
Titanium Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result 2 CHIP SAMPLES OBTAINED 0.19 AND 0.59% 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) -113.4683, 44.9719
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Slickensides

Ore body information

  • Strike N 72 DEG W
    Dip 70 DEG SW
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 18.29M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lemhi Pass Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    1972 GEOLMAP STAATZ, M. H., BULL 135

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS, THE WEST VEIN DESCRIBED ABOVE, THE EAST VEIN IS 20 FT LONG, 0.3 FT THICK, TRENDS N 67 DEG W AND DIPS 45 DEG SW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-07-01 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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