Cago No. 12

Prospect in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Thorium
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10241784
MRDS ID W015813
MAS/MILS ID 0160590518
Record type Site
Current site name Cago No. 12
Related records 10072007

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.4892, 44.95159 (WGS84)
Elevation 2318
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 019 N 025 E 28 SENENE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Albite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Microcline Unknown
Monazite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Thorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.4892, 44.95159

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55W
    Dip 47S
    Thickness 1.8M
    Length 854M
    Width 999999M
    Depth to top 99999M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N55W:47S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 9999
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820827

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mc Devitt Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAATZ 1972 USGS BULL 1351: GEOL OF THORIUM VEINS, LEMHI PAS

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON 1958 ID BUR MINES AND GEOL PAMPH 115, P 73

  • Deposit

    NEWTON AND OTHERS 1960 ID BUR MINES AND GEOL PAMPH 122, P 39

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON 1961 ECON GEOL, V. 56, P 177-197

  • Deposit

    MOEN 1957 US ATOMIC ENERGY COMM RME-2061, PT 1

  • Deposit

    STAATZ AND OTHERS 1971 USGS PROF PAPER 750-C, P 136-140

  • Deposit

    ROSS AND GEORGE 1966 USBM RES REPT 62.1 SALT LK CTY MET RES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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