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Blue Ridge Occurrence

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Titanium, Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071981
MRDS ID W015780
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Ridge Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Iron Dike
Related records 10144488

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.4553, 44.9661 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 1 MI W OF LEMHI PASS; 9.25 MI E OF TENDOY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(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)

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 019N 025E 23 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR SPRING-FILLED BASIN AT HEAD OF GULLY THAT ENTERS S. FK AGENCY CR. FROM THE E AT COPPER QUEEN MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rutile Ore
Hematite Gangue
Montmorillonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Micaceous Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.4553, 44.9661
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 DEG W
    Dip N
    Length 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Zone

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 BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFT, SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHARP, W. N., AND CAVENDAR, W. S., 1962, GEOLOGY AND THORIUM-BEARING DEPOSITS OF THE LEMHI PASS AREA, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO, AND BEAVERHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 1126, 76 P.

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M. H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE THORIUM-BEARING VEINS, LEMHI PASS QUADRANGLE, IDAHO AND MONTANA: USGS BULL 1351, 94 P.

  • Deposit

    1962 RECON W. N. SHARP AND W. S. CAVENDAR, BULL 1126

  • Deposit

    1972 RECON STAATZ, M. H., BULL 1351

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-08-01 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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