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G & G Nos 6 and 8

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010312
MRDS ID D003917
Record type Site
Current site name G & G Nos 6 and 8
Alternate or previous names Staatz Loc. No. 89

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.37451, 44.92795 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 3 MILES SSE 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

Everson Creek(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010S 015W 34 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • VEIN LOCATED ACROSS AND ON BOTH SIDES OF TRAPPER CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Thorite Ore
Goethite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS RANGED FROM .65 TO 1.72 PERCENT OF THORITE.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.37451, 44.92795
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 48 W
    Dip STEEP
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 396.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN LOCATED DIRECTLY BETWEEN DAN PATCH AND BULL MOOSE FAULTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lemhi Pass

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M. H., 1972 , GEOLOGY AND DESCRIPTION OF TH-BEARING VEINS IN LEMHI PASS QUAD., IDA. & MONT., USGS 1351

  • Deposit

    1972 GEOLMAP STAATZ, BULL 135

Reporter information

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

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