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Trapper No. 1 Mine

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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019246
MRDS ID DC09159
Record type Site
Current site name Trapper No. 1 Mine
Alternate or previous names Staatz Loc. No. 67
Related records 10147874

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.43979, 44.94961 (WGS84)
Elevation 2268
Relative position 2 1/4 MILE SW 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

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 010S 015W 20 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH SIDE OF NORTH FRYING PAN CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
Uranium Secondary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result THORITE AVERAGES .6 % OF SAMPLE VEIN CHIPS AND A MAXIMUM OF 3 % IN GRAB SAMPLE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.43979, 44.94961
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Dan Patch Fault

Ore body information

  • General form ELONGATE
    Strike N 80 W
    Dip 55 SW
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 71.63M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • E - W Trending Shear Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lemhi Pass District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. B. Mckenney, W. G. Armeson

Comments on the workings information

  • 1500 FT OF BULLDOZED TRENCHES, 250 FT DIAMOND DRILLING, SMALL PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: SHARP AND CAVENDER, 1962 ; STAATZ, 1972

  • Deposit

    MONT. B.M. AND GEOL. INF. CIRC. 6, 1955, P. 8.

  • Deposit

    TRITES ANT TOOKER, 1953, USGS BULL. 988-H, P. 196.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 1126, 1952, PL. 1 AND 3.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1952 GEOLMAP SHARP W. M., CAVENDER W. S., BULL 1126

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1972 GEOLMAP STAATZ, M. H., BULL 1351

Reporter information

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

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