Frying Pan and Frying Pan No. 2

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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Mine Info

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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.