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Poison Lake Claim

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Thorium, Uranium
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  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 10019244
MRDS ID DC09142
Record type Site
Current site name Poison Lake Claim
Related records 10171942

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.90583, 44.8475 (WGS84)
Elevation 2524
Relative position 13 MILES NW OF DELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lima(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011S 011W 26 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE DIVIDE OVERLOOKING A SOUTHERN CANYON ON THE WEST END OF BELL CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
Uranium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Thorite Ore
Fluorite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Intense Alteration Of Limestone And Aplite

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ANALYSIS FOR THORIA AVERAGES .1 % AND FOR URANIUM .001 %, EQUIVALENT URANIUM .016 %.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.90583, 44.8475
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 60.96M
    Length 182.88M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS ARE IN A MINERALIZED AREA 600 FT LONG AND 200 FT WIDE ; GEOL.DESC: HYDROTHERMAL FLUORITE VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Deer Creek District

Comments on the workings information

  • OUTCROP VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAHINEN, U. M., 1955 , MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., INF. CIRC. 6 .

  • Deposit

    TRITES, A. F., TOOKER, E. W., 1953 , URANIUM AND THORIUM DEPOSITS IN EAST-CENTRAL IDAHO AND SOUTHERN MONTANA, USGS BULL 988-H.

  • Deposit

    GEACH, R. D., 1972 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, BEAVERHEAD CO., MONT., MONT. BUR. OF MINES & GEOLOGY, BULL 85 .

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-07-1963

  • Deposit

    1953 GEOLMAP TRITES A. F., TOOKER E. W., BULL 988-H

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS WITHIN MINERALIZED AREA GENERALLY TREND NE. STRIKE ABOVE IS FOR ENTIRE AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1974-03-01 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1979-12-01 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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