Mine detail: Golden Sceptre Mine

Previously called 'Golden Septure'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.99097, -116.42277

Resource(M)

Primary: Thorium
Tertiary: Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Erythrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite, Thorite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz, Schorlite, Siderite, Tourmaline
Orebody form: LENS, STRINGERS
Discovery year: 1955

Production

Operation type: Underground
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host rock:Prichard Formation-Quartzite
Host type:Diorite,Quartzite
Associated rock:Purcell Sill-Diorite
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Vein On Sill - Quartzite Contact
Alteration processes:Epidote

References

MRDSW007535
MAS160210018
DEP10069824
Reference{Deposit:: Kiilsgaard, Thor. H., 1951, Descriptions Of Some Ore Deposits And Their Relationships To The Purcell Sills, Boundary County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet, No. 85, 31 P.}{Deposit:: Le Moine, Denis, 1960, Geology Of Thorite Deposits Of The Hall Mountain Area, Boundary County, In Study Of Two Thorite Deposits: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet, No. 122, P. 15 - 22.}{Deposit:: Powers, Harold A., 1955, Golden Septure: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Report.}{Deposit:: Le Moine, D., 1959 , Thorite Deposits And General Geology Of The Hall Mountain Area, Boundary County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M.S. Thesis, 68 P.}{Deposit:: 5) Weis, P.L., And Others, 1958 , Reconnaissance For Radioactive Minerals In Washington, Idaho, And Western Montana, 1952 - 1955 : USGS Bulletin 1074-B, 48 P.}{Deposit:: 6) Staatz, M.H., And Others, 1974 , Distribution And Occurrence Of Rare Earths In The Thorium Veins Of Hall Mountain, Idaho: USGS Jour. Research, V. 2 , No. 6 , P. 677 - 683}{Deposit:: 5) Weis, P. L., And Others, 1958 , Reconnaissance For Radioactive Minerals In Washington, Idaho, And Western Montana 1952 - 1955 : USGS Bulletin 1074-B, 48 P.}{Deposit:: 1951 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Pamphlet No. 85}{Deposit:: A.E.C. Inspected Property}{Deposit:: 1958 Recon P. L. Weis And Others, Bulletin 1074-B}{Deposit:: 1960 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Pamphlet No. 122}{Deposit:: 1974 Compile M.H. Staatz And Others, Jour. Research, V. 2 , No. 6}{Deposit:: Soper, 1918, Mining And Science Press V 116, P 126}{Reserve-Resource:: Powers, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol., 1955 (& 1956), Open - File Summary Report.}
ReporterMiller, Pat J., Kauffman, John D.