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Silver King Claims

Prospect in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities REE, Thorium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Titanium
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071669
MRDS ID W015179
MAS/MILS ID 0160590072
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King Claims
Alternate or previous names Uncle Sam, Calera Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.25453, 45.44908 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 4.75 MI WSW OF ULYSSES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shoup(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 025N 019E 32 E2 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Near Headwaters Of E Fork Of Spring Creek, N Of Dutchler Peak; 5 Mi From Salmon River

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary
Thorium Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 2 Rich Samples Assayed 14.6 And 17.7% Combined Rae, Plus Thorium, 8.8 And 1.90 % P.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Ore
Monazite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Barite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rutile Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2 - FT. SAMPLE ACROSS STRONG MONAZITE ZONE ASSAYED 4.46% COMBINED RAE OXIDES PLUS THORIA, 2.14% P.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Lime Silicate, Marble, Biotite Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.25453, 45.44908
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Folding

Ore body information

  • General form MASSIVE BAND
    Strike S 45 DEG W
    Dip 65 DEG SE
    Length 15.24M
    Width 2.44M
  • General form MASSIVE BAND
    Dip 65 DEG SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • Marble Strikes S 55 Deg W
  • Original Structures entry:
    Local - Complex Folds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Indian Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. R. Simplot Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Oscar A. Westfall

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 76.2M

Comments on development

  • 15 Claims; NW Of O. Westfall'S Squaw Creek Deposits

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Abbott, A. T., 1954, Monazite Deposits In Calcareous Rocks, Northern Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 99, 24 P.

  • 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

    Sturm, F. H., 1954, General Geology Of Some Replacement Monazite Deposits In Lemhi County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Idaho, M.S. Thesis, 64 P.

  • Deposit

    USBM Rept Inv 4012

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Strike And Dip Above - Attitude Of Lime Silicate Rock. Monazite - Bearing Marble On Third Terrace Strikes N - S, Dips 65 To 75 Deg W.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 12-JUL-1993 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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