Lemhi Pass Area

Prospect in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Thorium, Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000303
MRDS ID D003932
Record type District
Current site name Lemhi Pass Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.93148, 44.8693 (WGS84)
Relative position THE DISTRICT LIES AT THE NORTH END OF THE TENDOY MOUNTAINS. POINT LOCATION GIVEN ABOVE IS FOR THE GRAY GOOSE CLAIMS. THE DISTRICT EXTENDS ABOUT 5 MILES TO THE NORTH AND 5 MILES TO THE SOUTH AND ABOUT 4 MILES TO EITHER SIDE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lima(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
Uranium Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) ALTERATION IS INTENSE AND WIDESPREAD THROUGH OUT THE MINERALIZED DISTRICT.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.93148, 44.8693

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithologic contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRITES, A. F., TOOKER, E. W., 1953 , URANIUM AND THORIUM DEPOSITS IN EAST-CENTRAL IDAHO AND SOUTH WESTERN MONTANA, USGS BULL. 988-H.

  • Deposit

    GEACH, R. D., 1972 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, BEAVERHEAD COUNTY, MONT., MONT. BUR OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 85 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 DOYLE, BRIEN (WELLS, JOHN) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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