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Mohawk Group

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Thorium, REE
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072040
MRDS ID W015858
MAS/MILS ID 0160590815
Record type Site
Current site name Mohawk Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.439, 44.82679 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 3.5 MI SE OF LEMHI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goat Mountain(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 017N 025E 01,02 NWNWSW (01) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Location Approximate, Plot Near Corner Of Sections 1, 2, 11, 12; Previous Quad Designation = Pocatello 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Thorite Ore

Analytical data

Result NO SAMPLING, BUT GEIGER COUNTER SHOWED A READING ACROSS THE ZONE

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) -113.439, 44.82679
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.03M
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original ore control entry:
    Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mcdevitt District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Ann Lundin

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 Bulldozer Cut Perpendicular To Strike Of Shear Zone

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Green, W. R., 1967, Mohawk Group: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Dubois Quad, Location No. 168

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 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.

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