Mine detail: Badger Claim Group

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Location

Lat / long:

44.96819, -113.4603

Resource(M)

Primary:	Thorium
Tertiary:	Titanium
Ore:	Rutile, Thorite
Gangue:	Goethite, Magnetite, Microcline, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1956

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Belt Supergroup
Host type:	Quartzite,Tuff
Associated rock:	Challis Volcanics-Flows, Tuffs-Intermediate Com
Associated type:	Tuff
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	W015742
DEP	10071953
Reference	{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:: Staatz, M. H., 1972, Geology And Description Of The Thorium-Bearing Veins, Lemhi Pass Quadrangle, Idaho And Montana: USGS Bull 1351, 94 P.}{Deposit:: 1958 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 115}{Deposit:: 1972 Recon M. H. Staatz, Bull 1351}{Deposit:: V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Dubois Quad, Location No. 62}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J., Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)