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Crazy Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities REE, Rhenium, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071827
MRDS ID W015404
Record type Site
Current site name Crazy Creek Prospect
Related records 10169287

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.18093, 45.38409 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 1.25 MI SSW OF INDIANOLA RANGER STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ulysses(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 024N 019E 25 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • S. OF SALMON RIVER; S. OF INDIANOLA RANGER STATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary
Rhenium Primary
Thorium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Monazite Ore
Magnetite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Epidote; Garnet; Tourmaline; Kyanite

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS OF 6.9% AND 14.9%, SOIL SAMPLE OF 6.2%, ALL MEASURED AS % REO2 + THO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Para Amphibolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Augen gneiss.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL VUGS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mackinaw District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Magnuson Bevan

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STURM, F. H., 1954, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF SOME REPLACEMENT MONAZITE DEPOSITS IN LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, 64 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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