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Unnamed Thorium Occurrence

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094285
MRDS ID D003901
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Thorium Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Staatz Loc. No. 84

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.45507, 44.92878 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position THREE MILES S 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 28 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE TOP OF THE HILL SOUTH OF SOUTH FRYING PAN CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.18M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lemhi Pass

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M. H., 1972 , GEOLOGY AND DESCRIPTION OF TH-BEARING VEINS IN LEMHI PASS QUAD., IDA. & MONT., USGS BULL. 1351

  • Deposit

    1972 GEOLMAP STAATZ, BULL 135

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) 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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