Mine detail: Thorite No. 1 Prospect

Previously called 'Saddlerock'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.90739, -113.4742

Resource(M)

Primary: Thorium
Tertiary: REE
Ore: Thorite
Gangue: Apatite, Goethite, Magnetite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Belt Supergroup
Host type:Quartzite

References

MRDSW015820
MAS160590791
DEP10072013
Reference{Deposit:: Staatz, M. H., 1972, Geology And Description Of Thorium-Bearing Veins, Lemhi Pass Quadrangle, Idaho And Montana: USGS Bulletin 1351, 94 P., Table 2, P. 74, Plate 1.}{Deposit:: Staatz, M. H., And Others, 1972, Occurrence And Distribution Of Rare Earths In The Lemhi Pass Thorium Veins, Idaho And Montana: Econ. Geol., V. 67, No. 1, P. 72-82.}{Deposit:: Staatz, M.H., 1979, Geology And Mineral Resources Of The Lemhi Pass Thorium District, Idaho And Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Prof. Paper 1049-A, No. 93, Table 2, P. 437}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Ridenour, James