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H. R. S. No. 1

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010313
MRDS ID D003918
Record type Site
Current site name H. R. S. No. 1
Alternate or previous names Staatz Loc. No. 95
Related records 10245229

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.40701, 44.91267 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 4 1/2 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

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

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 011S 015W 02 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATE SE OF BEAR CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Thorite Ore
Barite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS SAMPLE SHOWS .26 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) -113.40701, 44.91267
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Located Near Dan Patch Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 E
    Dip 65 SE
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 6.1M

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

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 BULL 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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