Mine detail: Little Dandy No. 5 Deposit

Previously called 'Lucky R'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.94769, -113.4665

Resource(B)

Primary: Thorium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore: Fluorite, Thorite
Gangue: Iron, Muscovite, Pyrite, Quartz, Specularite
Orebody form: SPOTTY DISTRIBUTION
Discovery year: 1955

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Belt Supergroup
Host type:Quartzite

References

MRDSW015744
MAS160590779
DEP10096396
Reference{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:: Staatz, M. H., 1972, Geology And Description Of The Thorium-Bearing Veins, Lemhi Pass Quadrangle, Idaho-Montana: USGS Bulletin 1351, 94 P.}{Deposit:: V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Dubois Quad, Location No. 93 And 94.}
ReporterMiller, Pat J., Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)