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Monazite Queen Claims

Occurrence 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. 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096361
MRDS ID W015177
MAS/MILS ID 0160590014
Record type Site
Current site name Monazite Queen Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.27653, 45.45848 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 1 MI E. OF ALTA, MONTANA, ROAD.

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 30,31 N2 (30) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Near Headwaters Of W. Fork Of Spring Creek Only Short Distance S. Of Idaho - Montana Divide

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • Marble Sample Assayed 1.50% Combined Rae Oxides Plus Thoria, 1.04% P; Oxidized Zone Sample: 21.% Combined Rae Oxides Plus Thoria, 8.5% P

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Monazite Ore
Rutile Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result 10 - FT WIDE CUT SAMPLE ASSAYED 2.16% COMBINED RARE EARTH OXIDES PLUS THORIA, AND 1.01% PHOSPHATE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.27653, 45.45848
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, PODS, BUNCHY
    Strike N 52 DEG W
    Dip 55 DEG NE
    Width 1.07M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Marble And Schists Strike N 35 Deg W, 60 Deg Ne
  • Original alteration entry:

    Local - Oxidation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Oscar A. Westfall

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 Prospect Holes

Comments on development

  • About 18 Claims In Monazite Queen Group

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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Strike Above Is Strike Of Marble Near Surface Work.
General USBM WFOC Wilderness Studies

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Miller, Pat J. 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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