Iola Prospects

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Thorium, REE
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071942
MRDS ID W015724
MAS/MILS ID 0160590215
Record type Site
Current site name Iola Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.5644, 44.9697 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position 8.5 MI NW OF LEMHI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Agency Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lemhi(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 019N 024E 14 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On S. Side Of Pattee Creek Within And At Borders Of Prominent Gulch That Reaches Almost To Top Of Mountain Separating Pattee Creek From Agency Creek. About 1 Mile Below Lone Star No. 2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
REE Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Oxidized Material Somewhat Radioactive

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Lemhi Quartzite-Impure Quartzite
    Rock description Lemhi Quartzite-Impure Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.5644, 44.9697

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Broad Se-Trending Laramide Thrust Zone

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETS, IRREGULAR, LENTICULAR, DISCONTINUOUS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer B. C. Anglin

Mining district

District name Mcdevitt District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Nuclear Fuels And Rare Metals, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner American Lead And Zinc Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • Extensive Series Of Bulldozer Cuts

Comments on development

  • Property Comprises 25 And A Fraction Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1961, Geology And Mineral Resources Of The Lemhi Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 124, 111 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

    1956 Direxpl American Lead And Zinc Co., Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 115

  • Deposit

    1958 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 115

  • Deposit

    1961 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 124

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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