Mine detail: Iola Prospects

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Location

Lat / long:

44.9697, -113.5644

Resource(M)

Primary:	Thorium
Tertiary:	REE
Gangue:	Feldspar
Orebody form:	POCKETS, IRREGULAR, LENTICULAR, DISCONTINUOUS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Lemhi Quartzite-Impure Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Broad Se-Trending Laramide Thrust Zone
Tectonic:	Edge Of Cratonic Shelf Or Hinge Belt
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	W015724
MAS	160590215
DEP	10071942
Reference	{Deposit:: Anderson, A. L., 1961, Geology And Mineral Resources Of The Lemhi Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 124, 111 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:: 1956 Direxpl American Lead And Zinc Co., Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 115}{Deposit:: 1958 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 115}{Deposit:: 1961 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 124}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J., Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)