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Lee Buck Claims No. 13, 14, 15

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities REE, Thorium, Rhenium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093593
MRDS ID W015187
Record type Site
Current site name Lee Buck Claims No. 13, 14, 15

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.23153, 45.43848 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 3.5 MI NW 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 04 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary
Rhenium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Monazite Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 7 FT - WIDE SOIL SAMPLE ON CLAIM NO. 14 SHOWED TRACE OF REO2 AND THO2

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, Schist, Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.23153, 45.43848
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 55 DEG W
    Dip 65 DEG SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Indian Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PORTION OF MONAZITE - BEARING MARBLE IN CLAIM NO. 15 IS SUITABLE FOR SURFACE MINING

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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