Mine detail: Uranium Queen Prospect

Previously called 'Surprise Nos. 5 and 6'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.95959, -113.4787

Resource(M)

Primary:	Thorium
Tertiary:	Uranium, Iron
Ore:	Thorite
Gangue:	Hematite, Limonite, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Belt Supergroup
Host type:	Quartzite

References

MRDS	W015778
MAS	160590234
DEP	10096400
Reference	{Deposit:: Sharp, W. N., And Cavendar, W. S., 1962, Geology And Thorium-Bearing Deposits Of The Lemhi Pass Area, Lemhi County, Idaho, And Beaverhead County, Montana: USGS Bull 1126, 76 P.}{Deposit:: Staatz, M. H., 1972, Geology And Description Of The Thorium-Bearing Veins, Lemhi Pass Quadrangle, Idaho And Montana: USGS Bull 1351, 94 P.}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)