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Beaverhead

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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010301
MRDS ID D003906
Record type Site
Current site name Beaverhead
Alternate or previous names Staatz Loc. No. 64

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.47284, 44.94711 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES SW 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)

Lemhi(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010S 015W 20 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON SOUTH SLOPE OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Thorite Ore
Barite Gangue
Goethite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Monazite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Rutile Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Analytical data

Result THORITE ANALYSIS .48 PERCENT

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Challis Volcanic Group.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M
    Length 160.02M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

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 AND DESCRIPTION OF TH-BEARING VEINS IN LEMHI PASS QUAD., IDA. & MONT., USGS BULL. 1351

  • Deposit

    1972 GEOLMAP STAATZ, BULL 135

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN TRENDS N 85 DEG. E TO N 70 W AND DIPS 40 S

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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