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Independence Claim Group

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, 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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071944
MRDS ID W015727
Record type Site
Current site name Independence Claim Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.50201, 44.99572 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 11 MI NE OF LEMHI

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)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 019N 025E 09 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS LUCKY HORSESHOE ON THE NW

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Thorite Ore
Feldspar Gangue

Analytical data

Result HIGHEST READING 0.4 MR/HR

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) -113.50201, 44.99572
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISCONTINUOUS SEAMS, IRREGULAR BUNCHES AND STREAKS
    Strike E-W
    Dip 25 DEG NE
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures, Shear Zones, Bedding

Comments on the geologic information

  • PHYLLITIC ROCKS STRIKE N 60 DEG W, DIP 30 DEG NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mcdevitt District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred Guderjohn

Comments on development

  • 28 CLAIMS ; ECON.COM: POWERS ESTIMATED THAT NO MORE THAN 0.5% THO ORE COULD BE MINED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1958, URANIUM, THORIUM, COLUMBIUM, AND RARE EARTH DEPOSITS IN THE SALMON REGION, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 115, 81 P.

  • Deposit

    POWERS, H. A., 1955, LUCKY HORSESHOE AND INDEPENDENCE GROUP: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT.

  • Deposit

    1955 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT

  • Deposit

    1958 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPH 115

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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