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Uranium Queen Prospect

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Thorium, Uranium, Iron
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096400
MRDS ID W015778
MAS/MILS ID 0160590234
Record type Site
Current site name Uranium Queen Prospect
Alternate or previous names Surprise Nos. 5 and 6

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.4787, 44.95959 (WGS84)
Elevation 2091
Relative position 8 MI E OF TENDOY

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 22 SENW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • .25 Mi S Of Copper Queen Mine

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
Uranium Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Thorite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result OXIDE RICH ZONE SHOWS 1.0 MR/HR, 0.038 % EU, 0.21 % THO2, AND 0.001 %

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.4787, 44.95959
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 DEG W
    Dip 60 DEG NE
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original Structures entry:
    Local - Fault Trending N 40 Deg W And Dipping 42 Deg Sw
  • Original alteration entry:
    Local - Silicified

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 E. P. Peron

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: High Radioactivity Along Vein

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Sharp, W. N., And Cavendar, W. S., 1962, Geology And Thorium-Bearing Deposits Of The Lemhi Pass Area, Lemhi County, Idaho, And Beaverhead County, Montana: USGS Bull 1126, 76 P.

  • Deposit

    Staatz, M. H., 1972, Geology And Description Of The Thorium-Bearing Veins, Lemhi Pass Quadrangle, Idaho And Montana: USGS Bull 1351, 94 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) 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.

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