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Unnamed Thorium Occurrence

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Thorium
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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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090785
MRDS ID D003888
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Thorium Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Staatz Loc No. 35

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.42229, 44.97628 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 1 MILE EAST OF LEMHI PASS

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)

Red Rock(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010S 015W 10 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Thorite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Lepidocrocite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Rutile Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Analytical data

Result THORITE IS .073 PERCENT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.42229, 44.97628
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Lemhi Pass Fault - Nw Trending

Ore body information

  • Strike N 58 W
    Dip 63 SW
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 24.38M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lemhi Pass

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M. H., 1972 , GEOLOGY & DESCRIPTION OF THE TH BEARING VEINS IN LEMHI PASS QUAD., IDA. & MONT., USGS BULL. 1351

  • Deposit

    1972 GEOLMAP STAATZ, BULL 135

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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