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Unnamed 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013477
MRDS ID D009788
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.93282, 45.20019 (WGS84)
Elevation 1390
Relative position 2.3 MI. N 47 W OF SALMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salmon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 022N 021E 36 NW OF NW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • N-SIDE OF UNNAMED DRAINAGE, 300 FT. UPSTREAM FROM FENSTER CR. ROAD CROSSING ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
REE Critical Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.93282, 45.20019
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Lamhi Pass Thorium-Rare Earths Belt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOREST SERVICE FILES, D. W. PETERS, SALMON, ID

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TH AND RAE REPORTED BY CLAIMANTS, BUT UNVERIFIED BY REPORTER ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Peters, Donald W. U.S. Forest Service
Updater 01-FEB-1985 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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