Mine detail: Gage Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

44.95239, -113.5737

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Thorium
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR, POCKETS, IRREGULAR MASSES, DISCONTINUOUS

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDS	W015726
DEP	10071943
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:: 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.