Mine detail: Pattee Creek Thorium Prospect

Previously called 'Idaho Thorium Showing No. 2'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.98319, -113.5815

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Thorium, REE
Ore:	Monazite, Thorite
Gangue:	Apatite, Barite, Calcite, Feldspar, Quartz
Orebody form:	SPORADIC PODS

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

References

MRDS	W015754
DEP	10071963
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.