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Scott Prospect

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093625
MRDS ID W015725
Record type Site
Current site name Scott Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.5689, 44.95 (WGS84)
Elevation 1692
Relative position 7.5 MI NE OF LEMHI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Agency Creek(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 019N 024E 26,25 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • IN LOWER CANYON OF AGENCY CREEK ON E SIDE SAME GULCH AS GAGE PROPERTY LOCATED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ROCK IN UPPER 2 CUTS HIGHLY RADIOACTIVE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.5689, 44.95
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Broad Se-Trending Laramide Thrust Zone

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR, IRREGULAR MASSES, POCKETS, DISCONTINUOUS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

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 Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 BULLDOZER CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LEMHI QUADRANGLE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 124, 111 P.

  • 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

    1958 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPH 115

  • Deposit

    1961 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPH 124

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1974-09-01 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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