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Sparky Prospect

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Thorium, REE
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071958
MRDS ID W015748
Record type Site
Current site name Sparky Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.4801, 44.98679 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 12 MI NE OF LEMHI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lemhi Pass(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 025E 10 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On W Edge Of Broad S-Facing, Escarpment-Like Slope Between Flume Creek And Horseshoe Bend About 3/4 Mile E Of Lucky Horseshoe

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
REE Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Ore
Monazite Ore
Thorite Ore
Barite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Quartzitic Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.4801, 44.98679
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 DEG W
    Dip NE
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mcdevitt District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Clyde L. Goodman, Frank A. Harris

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Dubois Quad, Location No. 35.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 Veins 12 Ft. Apart With Different Dips NE So That They May Join At Depth; 1 Vein 4 Ft. Thick, 1 Vein 5 Ft. Thick

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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