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Viola Claim Group

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Uranium, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071950
MRDS ID W015735
MAS/MILS ID 0160590246
Record type Site
Current site name Viola Claim Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.6015, 44.90549 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position 4.25 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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 018N 024E 10 C Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Along Crest Of Ramsey Mountain On Broad Spur Ridge That Projects W Between Little And Big Dry Gulches

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Thorium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • No Sharply Defined Lodes Have Been Uncovered; Radioactive Background Rather High In Vicinity Of Cuts

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Lemhi Group.
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name Laramide Thrust Zone

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original Structures entry:
    Regional - Broad Se-Trending Laramide Thrust Zone
  • Original tectonic setting entry:
    Edge Of Cratonic Shelf Or Hinge Belt
  • Original concentration process entry:
    Hydrothermal Activity

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Mining district

District name Mcdevitt District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • Bulldozer Cuts

Comments on development

  • 10 Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1961, Geology And Mineral Resources Of The Lemhi Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 124, 111 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Miller, Pat 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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