Mine detail: Cago No. 12 Claim

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Location

Lat / long:

44.95159, -113.4892

Resource(M)

Primary:	Thorium
Tertiary:	REE, Silver
Ore:	Allanite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Monazite, Rutile, Thorite, Xenotime
Gangue:	Apatite, Barite, Chalcedony, Goethite, Magnetite, Microcline, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENS, LENTICULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Belt Supergroup
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Shearing, Fracturing, Slickensides
Alteration processes:	Sericite

References

MRDS	W015813
DEP	10072007
Reference	{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:: NEWTON, J., AND OTHERS, 1960, STUDY OF TWO IDAHO THORITE DEPOSITS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPH 122, P. 39.}{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:: 1960 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 122}{Deposit:: 1972 GEOLMAP STAATZ, M. H., BULL. 1351}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)