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Montana Special Claims

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Thorium, Lead
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011680
MRDS ID D006767
MAS/MILS ID 0160590444
Record type Site
Current site name Montana Special Claims
Alternate or previous names Carroll Wells Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.612, 44.94569 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 2 MI ESE OF TENDOY, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Agency Creek(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 019N 024E 27,28 W2SWNW (27) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Located On The S. Slope Above Agency Creek.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt Super Group
    Rock description Belt Super Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.612, 44.94569
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original ore control entry:
    Veins Partially Fill Two Zones Of Fractures, One Set Striking Northerly, The Other Northwesterly.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1957
Discoverer Carroll W. Wells

Mining district

District name Mcdevitt District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Carroll W. Wells
    First year 1958
  • Type Owner
    Owner Carroll W. Wells, G. Hammond, L. E. Donner, E. A. Woodman, R. L. Donner

Comments on the workings information

  • Three Small Pits.

Comments on development

  • Eight Unpatented Claims (Montana Special 1-8) Dmea Loan Application (Pocket No. 4932) Made In 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Commodity Files, U.S.G.S., Spokane, W

  • Deposit

    Dmea-4932

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit There Are Numerous Narrow, Discontinuous Veins.
Deposit For More Information See Dmea Pocket No. 4932 (1958) ; Info.Src : 2 Unpub Rept

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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