Mine detail: Hall Mountain Thorium Group

Previously called 'Golden SceptreThe Man UpstairsHall Mountain GroupHall Mtn. GroupWawaTMUBerringerBarringer ProspectHall Mountain ThoritePyrite Zone'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.99017, -116.41777

Resource(M)

Primary: Thorium
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium
Ore: Thorite
Gangue: Albite, Calcite, Chlorite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphene
Orebody form: Fissure vein, Tabular, Fissure vein, Lenticular
Discovery year: 1939

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1939 TO 1949

Geology

References

MAS160210004
DEP10143778
Reference{Deposit:: Anderson, Al. L. & C.N. Savage. Thorium And Rare Earths. Idaho Bumines & Geol., Spec. Rep. 1, 1949, Pp. 221-217.}{Deposit:: Aughey, S. The Golden Sceptre Mining Company, Ltd. Private Co. Rep., Bumines WFOC Files, 1939, 8 Pp.}{Deposit:: Kauffman, J.D. Description And Evaluation Of The Wawa Prospect , Boundary County, Id. Bumines Mas Grant G0264004, 1977, 8pp.}{Deposit:: Kiilsgaard, T.H. Descriptions Of Some Ore Deposits And Their Relationships To The Purcell Sills, Boundary County, Idaho. Idaho Bumines & Geol. Pamphlet No. 85, 1949, 33 Pp.}{Deposit:: Lemoine, D. Thorite Deposits And General Geology Of The Hall Mountain Area, Boundary County, Idaho. Univ. Of Idaho Masters Thesis, 1959, 68 Pp.}{Deposit:: National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration, Monthly Normals Of Temperature, Precipitation, And Heating And Cooling Degree Days 1941-1970. U.S. Dep. Of Commerce, Noaa Environ. Data Service, Idaho, 1970, 10 Pp.}{Deposit:: Newton, J.D., D. Lemoine, C. Adams, A. Anderson, And J. Shively. Study Of Two Idaho Thorite Deposits. Idaho Bumines And Geol. Pamphlet No. 122, 1960, 57 Pp.}{Deposit:: Staatz, M.H., T.J. Armbrustmacher, And Others. Principal Thorium Resources In The United States. U.S. Geol. Surv. Circ. No. 805, 1979.}{Deposit:: Staatz,M.H., Thorium-Rich Veins Of Hall Mountain In Northern Idaho. Econ. Geol. V. 66, 1972, Pp. 240-248.}{Deposit:: Young, J., M. Ballinger, C. Bloomster, M. Drost, W. Enderlin, S. Weakley, And M. H. Morgenstern. Economics Of Large-Scale Thorium Oxide Production; Assessment Of Domestic Resources. U.S. Doe Contract Ey-76-C-06-1830, 1980.}
ReporterSweeney, Thomas M.