Mine detail: Silver King Claims

Previously called 'Uncle SamCalera Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

45.44908, -114.25453

Resource(B)

Primary:	REE
Tertiary:	Thorium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Titanium
Ore:	Allanite, Monazite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Apatite, Barite, Biotite, Calcite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile
Orebody form:	MASSIVE BAND

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Belt Supergroup
Host type:	Marble,Schist

References

MRDS	W015179
MAS	160590072
DEP	10071669
Reference	{Deposit:: Abbott, A. T., 1954, Monazite Deposits In Calcareous Rocks, Northern Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 99, 24 P.}{Deposit:: Anderson, A. L., 1958, Uranium, Thorium, Columbium, And Rare Earth Deposits In The Salmon Region, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 115, 81 P.}{Deposit:: Sturm, F. H., 1954, General Geology Of Some Replacement Monazite Deposits In Lemhi County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Idaho, M.S. Thesis, 64 P.}{Deposit:: USBM Rept Inv 4012}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J., Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)