The Atomic Blast is a thorium mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 8,848 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,848 Feet (2,697 Meters)
Commodity: Thorium
Lat, Long: 44.88889, -113.39472
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Atomic Blast MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Atomic Blast
Secondary: Staatz Loc. No. 105
Commodity
Primary: Thorium
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Lemhi Pass
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE TESTED .092 PERCENT THORITE
Materials
Ore: Thorite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Microcline
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Goethite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON TOP OF HILL, 1/2 MILE WEST OF DAN PATCH FAULT
Comment (Deposit): TWO VEINS: N 31 W, 20 SE; N 65 E, N 82 W.
Comment (Workings): PROSPECT PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M. H., 1972 , GEOLOGY AND DESCRIPTION OF TH-BEARING VEINS IN LEMHI PASS QUAD., IDA. & MONT., USGS BULL. 1351
Reference (Deposit): 1972 GEOLMAP STAATZ, BULL 135
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
