Agency Claim

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Thorium, REE
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071955
MRDS ID W015745
MAS/MILS ID 0160590759
Record type Site
Current site name Agency Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.4803, 44.96819 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 11 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

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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 019N 025E 15 SWSESW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On S Side Of Agency Creek At Road Turnoff To Copper Queen Mine

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
REE Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Variable Degrees Of Radioactivity

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Monazite Ore
Thorite Ore
Xenotime Ore
Apatite Gangue
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Impure Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.4803, 44.96819

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS, PODS, IRREGULAR
    Width 36.58M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Complex Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer E. G. Peron

Mining district

District name Mcdevitt District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 Pamphlet 11

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Dubois Quad, Location No. 60

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1974 Miller, Pat J. 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.