Mine detail: Silver Queen No. 37

Previously called 'Idaho Thorium Showing No. 6'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.98379, -113.5378

Resource(M)

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

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Lemhi Quartzite
Host type:Quartzite
Associated rock:Dike-Diorite
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Broad Se-Trending Laramide Thrust Zone
Tectonic:Edge Of Cratonic Shelf Or Hinge Belt

References

MRDSW015757
DEP10071965
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:: SHARP, W. N., AND CAVENDAR, W. S., 1962, GEOLOGY AND THORIUM-BEARING DEPOSITS OF THE LEMHI PASS AREA, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO, AND BEAVERHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 1126, 76 P.}{Deposit:: 1958 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 115}{Deposit:: 1961 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 124}{Deposit:: 1963 GEOLMAP W. N. SHARP AND W. S. CAVENDAR, BULL. 1126}
ReporterMiller, Pat J.