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Allanite Occurrence

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Thorium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070540
MRDS ID W013515
MAS/MILS ID 0160590080
Record type Site
Current site name Allanite Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Toolson

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.25733, 45.15989 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position 5 MI NNW OF COBALT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gant Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 019E 08 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Along Big Jureano Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result RADIOACTIVE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Granite Gneiss
    Rock description Granite Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.25733, 45.15989
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR SEAMS, MASSES

Comments on the geologic information

  • Hr.Age.Mv: Pegmatite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Discoverer R. N. Toolson

Mining district

District name Blackbird District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • No Attempt Has Been Made To Develop Property

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Shockey, P. N., 1957, Reconnaissance Geology Of The Leesburg Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 113, 42 P

  • Deposit

    1957 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 11

  • Deposit

    Ida Bur Mns Pamp 113.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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