Mine detail: Lone Star No. 2

Previously called 'Idaho Thorium Showing No. 1'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.98599, -113.5659

Resource(M)

Primary: Thorium, REE
Ore: Euxenite, Monazite, Thorite, Xenotime
Gangue: Apatite, Barite, Biotite, Quartz
Orebody form: LENTICULAR, BUNCHES, IRREGULAR MASSES

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Belt Supergroup
Host type:Quartzite,Phyllite

References

MRDSW015753
MAS160590742
DEP10071962
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:: V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Propects Map Series, 1981 Dubois Quad, Location No. 9}
ReporterMiller, Pat J., Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)