Mine detail: Kay Claims

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Location

Lat / long:

44.6314, -113.1675

Resource(M)

Primary:	Thorium
Tertiary:	REE, Zirconium, Copper, Titanium
Ore:	Allanite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Monazite, Rutile, Thorite, Zircon
Gangue:	Apatite, Biotite, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Plagioclase, Quartz
Discovery year:	1965

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Belt Supergroup
Host type:	Granite
Associated rock:	Granite;Pyroclastic Rocks, Andesitic Flows
Associated type:	Granite
Alteration processes:	Sericitization, Silicification, Chlorite

References

MRDS	W015857
MAS	160590834
DEP	10093634
Reference	{Deposit:: Staatz, M. H., 1972, Thorium Distribution In A Granite Stock Near Bull Canyon, Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 800-B, P. B51-B56}{Deposit:: V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Dubois Quad, Location No. 351}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)