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Cago No. 10 Prospect

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. Geologic structures
  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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096407
MRDS ID W015841
Record type Site
Current site name Cago No. 10 Prospect
Related records 10290910

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.4847, 44.9467 (WGS84)
Elevation 2451
Relative position 8 MI E OF TENDOY

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)

Lemhi(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 27 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON IDAHO-MONTANA STATE LINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Thorite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.4847, 44.9467
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Are Sheared And Brecciated

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, TABULAR, VEINLETS
    Strike N 45 DEG W
    Dip SW
    Thickness 0.4M
    Length 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture/Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lemhi Pass Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1972 GEOLMAP STAATZ, M. H., BULL. 135

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1 MAIN VEIN DESCRIBED ABOVE AND 3 VEINLETS, ALL 6 FT LONG, 1 DIP IS VERTICAL, 1 DIP IS 35 DEG N, AND THIRD VEINLET DIPS 75 DEG S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-06-01 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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