The Frying Pan and Frying Pan No. 2 is a thorium mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Thorium
Lat, Long: 44.94278, -113.44444
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Frying Pan and Frying Pan No. 2 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Frying Pan and Frying Pan No. 2
Secondary: Staatz Loc. No. 85
Commodity
Primary: Thorium
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Lemhi Pass
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Sawyer Petroleum Co.
Home Office: L. A.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1949
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: SAMPLES RANGED FROM .69 TO 1.35 PERCENT THORITE.
Materials
Ore: Thorite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Rutile
Gangue: Monazite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Goethite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Specularite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TWO VEINS
Comment (Location): BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH FRYING PAN CREEKS NEAR THE JUNCTION.
Comment (Workings): PROSPECT PITS, AND BULLDOZER TRENCHES
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): GEACH, R. D., 1972 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, MONT BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL 85 .
Reference (Deposit): SHARP, W. D., AND CAUENDER, W. S., 1962 , GEOLOGY AND TH-BEARING DEPOSITS IN LEMHI PASS AREA, LEMHI CO., IDA, BEAVERHEAD C., MONT., USGS BULL 1126 .
Reference (Deposit): 1962 GEOLMAP SHARP & CAUENDER, BULL 1126 P. 39
Reference (Deposit): 1972 GEOLMAP MONT. BUR. OF MINES & GEO., BULL 72
Reference (Deposit): 1972 GEOLMAP STAATZ, BULL 1351
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.
