Beaverhead

The Beaverhead is a thorium mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 7,651 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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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.