Mine detail: Unnamed Thorium Occurrence

Previously called 'Staatz Loc. No. 59'

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Location: Beaverhead County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.94683, -113.47534
dep_id: 10010294
mrds_id: D003895
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Thorium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Thorite
gangue: Allanite, Brockite, Goethite, Muscovite, Rutile, Specularite
ore_ctrl: Fault Zone
Reporter: Doyle, Brien (Wells, John)
hrock_type: Quartzite
References:
  • Deposit:: STAATZ, M. H., 1972 , GEOLOGY AND DESCRIPTION OF TH-BEARING VEINS IN THE LEMHI PASS QUAD, IDA & MONT., USGS BULL 1351
  • Deposit:: 1972 GEOLMAP STAATZ, BULL 135
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