Mine detail: Beaverhead Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 44.94659, -113.4692

Resource(M)

Primary: Thorium
Tertiary: REE
Ore: Monazite, Thorite
Gangue: Apatite, Barite, Feldspar, Quartz, Specularite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR, SPORADIC DISTRIBUTION

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Belt Supergroup
Host type:Quartzite,Phyllite
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSW015743
MAS160590778
DEP10071954
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:: 1958 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 11}{Deposit:: Earth Deposits In The Salmon Region, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Pamphlet 115, P. 72.}{Deposit:: Bearing Veins, Lemhi Pass Quadrangle, Idaho And Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1351, Table 2, No. 64, P. 46; Plate 1. Note: This Reference Shows The Prospect In Montana (See 0300010131).}
ReporterRidenour, James, Miller, Pat J.