The Beaverhead is a thorium mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 7,651 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: 7,651 Feet (2,332 Meters)
Commodity: Thorium
Lat, Long: 44.94972, -113.43889
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Beaverhead MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Beaverhead
Secondary: Lucky Strike No. 1 Mine Staatz Loc. No. 64
Commodity
Primary: Thorium
Secondary: Uranium
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Lemhi Pass
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: R. G. Denny
Home Office: Salmon, Id.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Form: LENS - ZONE
Structure
Type: L
Description: Silicified Rock Is Fractured And Minutelt Veined With Specularite
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Host Rock Is Silicified To Quartzose
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: THORIA CONTENT IS AVERAGING .25 PERCENT ( STAATZ, 1972
Materials
Ore: Thorite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Goethite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEINS ARE MORE LIKE ZONES
Comment (Workings): 2 SMALL PROSPECT PITS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: RADIOACTIVE MINERAL THOUGHT TO BE FLUORITE.
Comment (Location): ON THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE, 1000 FT NORTH OF NO. FRYING PAN CREEK
References
Reference (Deposit): SAHINEN, UM, 1955, MONT. B.M. AND GEOL. INF. CIRC. 6, P. 8.
Reference (Deposit): TRITES AND TOOKER, 1953 , URANIUM AND THORIUM DEPOSITS IN EAST-CENTRAL IDAHO AND SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA, USGS BULL 988-H.
Reference (Deposit): SHARP, W. N., AND CAVENDER, W. S., 1962 , GEOLOGY AND THORIUM-BEARING DEPOSITS OF THE LEMHI PASS AREA, LEMHI CO., IDA AND BEAVERHEAD, MONT. USGS BULL 1126 .
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-07-1963
Reference (Deposit): 5) STAATZ, M. H., 1972 , GEOLOGY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE THORIUM BEARING VEIN, LEMHI PASS QUADRANGLE, IDAHO AND MONTANA, USGS BULL 1351 .
Reference (Deposit): 1953 GEOLMAP TRITES AND TOOKER USGS BULL 988-H
Reference (Deposit): 1962 GEOLMAP SHARP AND CAUENDER, USGS BULL 1126
Reference (Deposit): 1972 GEOLMAP GEACH, MONT. BUR OF M. & G. BULL 85
Reference (Deposit): 1972 GEOLMAP STAATZ, M. H., USGS 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.
