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Radiant Mining Co.

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities REE, Thorium
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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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071569
MRDS ID W015029
MAS/MILS ID 0160590032
Record type Site
Current site name Radiant Mining Co.
Alternate or previous names Evans-Esker

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.16923, 45.41879 (WGS84)
Elevation 1189
Relative position 4.5 MI SE OF INDIANOLA R S

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 12 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • N. Side Salmon River Between Mouths Of Dump Creek And Moose Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary
Thorium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Ore
Monazite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Stains

Analytical data

Result GEIGER COUNTER READINGS OF SCHIST GAVE RESULTS UP TO 4 TIMES BACKGROUND COUNT, SAMPLES OF THIS ROCK ASSAYED NOTHING IN RARE EARTHS OR THORIUM OXIDES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Biotite Schist, Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.16923, 45.41879
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • Schist And Gneiss Trend N 15 Deg W And Dip 50 Deg Sw
  • Original Structures entry:
    Local - Fractures
  • Original alteration entry:
    Local - Stains

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Radiant Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • Shallow Pits

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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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