| Deposit ID | 10071963 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W015754 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pattee Creek Thorium Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Idaho Thorium Showing No. 2 |
| Related records | 10145006, 10169259 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.5815, 44.98319 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1676 |
| Relative position | 9.5 MI N OF LEMHI |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Idaho | Lemhi |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise | 019N | 024E | 11 | Idaho |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Thorium | Tertiary |
| REE Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Monazite | Ore |
| Thorite | Ore |
| Apatite | Gangue |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Feldspar | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Lemhi Quartzite-Impure Quartzite | ||||||
| Rock description | Lemhi Quartzite-Impure Quartzite | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -113.5815, 44.98319 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Broad Se-Trending Laramide Thrust Zone |
| General form | SPORADIC PODS |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Mcdevitt District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W015754 | |
| Idaho Geological Survey | Idaho Mines and Prospects | IMP | DU___5 | http://www.idahogeology.org/ |
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.
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.
1958 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 115
1961 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 124
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | AT LEAST 3 MINERALIZED ZONES |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1974 | Miller, Pat J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.