| Deposit ID | 10010310 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003915 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Frying Pan and Frying Pan No. 2 |
| Alternate or previous names | Staatz Loc. No. 85 |
| Related records | 10124590 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.44534, 44.94267 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2195 |
| Relative position | 2 MILES SSE OF LEMHI PASS |
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)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)
Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Beaverhead |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 010S | 015W | 28 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Thorium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Thorite | Ore |
| Apatite | Gangue |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Chalcedony | Gangue |
| Goethite | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Monazite | Gangue |
| Rutile | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| Specularite | Gangue |
| Result | SAMPLES RANGED FROM .69 TO 1.35 PERCENT THORITE. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -113.44534, 44.94267 |
|---|
| Strike | N 30-40 W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 54 SW |
| Thickness | 0.91M |
| Length | 30.48M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1949 |
| Discoverer | R. A. Wellborn |
| District name | Lemhi Pass |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Sawyer Petroleum Co. |
| Home office | L. A. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003915 |
STAATZ, M. H., 1972 , GEOLOGY AND DESCRIPTION OF TH BEARING VEINS IN LEMHI PASS QUAD., IDA. & MONT., USGS BULL 1351 .
GEACH, R. D., 1972 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, MONT BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL 85 .
SHARP, W. D., AND CAUENDER, W. S., 1962 , GEOLOGY AND TH-BEARING DEPOSITS IN LEMHI PASS AREA, LEMHI CO., IDA, BEAVERHEAD C., MONT., USGS BULL 1126 .
1962 GEOLMAP SHARP & CAUENDER, BULL 1126 P. 39
1972 GEOLMAP MONT. BUR. OF MINES & GEO., BULL 72
1972 GEOLMAP STAATZ, BULL 1351
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TWO VEINS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1979 | Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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