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Deer Fraction 1a

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10290363
MRDS ID W015848
MAS/MILS ID 0160590520
Record type Site
Current site name Deer Fraction 1a
Alternate or previous names Deer
Related records 10072033

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.4684, 44.97409 (WGS84)
Elevation 1937
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 019 N 025 E 15 NWNWSE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Thorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -113.4684, 44.97409
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 830301

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mc Devitt Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, BUNKER, AND BUSH 1971 USGS PROF PAPER 750-C, P 136-1

  • Deposit

    STAATZ 1972 USGS BULL 1351: GEOL OF THORIUM VEINS, LEMHI PA

  • Deposit

    ROSS & GEORGE 1966 USBM RES REPT 62.1 34 P SLT LK CTY MET RE

  • Deposit

    V.E. MITCHELL, ET. AL; MINES AND PROSPECTS MAP SERIES, 1981,

  • Deposit

    DUBOIS QUAD, LOCATION NOS. 54, 55 AND 61.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADDITIONAL CRIB NOS. WO15849 AND WO15847

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Kauffman, John D. 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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