Mine detail: Barringer Prospect

Previously called 'Bruce Berringer ProspectTMUThe Man Upstairs'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.98876, -116.41218

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Thorium
Ore: Thorite
Gangue: Calcite, Plagioclase, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1955

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Prichard Formation-Quartzite
Host type:Quartzite
Structure:Nw - Trending Faults; Brecciation; Boxwork; Vein Bounded On E By Fracture Striking N 18 Deg W, Dipping 60 Deg W
Alteration processes:Chlorite, Albite, Sphene, Brown Hydrous Fe Oxides Oxidation, Hematite

References

MRDSW007538
DEP10090078
Reference{Deposit:: Anderson, A. L., And Savage, C. N., 1964, Mineral Resources - Thorium And The Rare Earths, In Mineral And Water Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Spec. Rept., No. 1, P. 211 - 217.}{Deposit:: Le Moine, Denis, 1960, Geology Of Thorite Deposits Of The Hall Mountain Area, Boundary County, In Study Of Two Thorite Deposits: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet, No. 122, P. 15 - 22}{Deposit:: Powers, Harold A., 1956, Berringer Property: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Report.}{Deposit:: Lemoine, Denis, 1959 , Thorite Deposits And General Geology Of The Hall Mountain Area, Boundary County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ Of Idaho, M S Thesis, 68 P.}{Deposit:: 1956 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Of Rept.}{Deposit:: 1960 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet No. 122}{Deposit:: 1964 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Spec. Rpt. No. 1}
ReporterMiller, Pat J.