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Radiant Claims

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities REE, Titanium, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10071676
MRDS ID W015190
MAS/MILS ID 0160590490
Record type Site
Current site name Radiant Claims
Alternate or previous names Wiley Evans - Reese Esker Claims, Evans-Esker

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.07783, 45.38049 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Relative position 3 MI W OF ULYSSES MTN; ABOUT 1.25 MI UP INDIAN CREEK ROAD FROM INDIAN 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 Mountain(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 020E 26 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Both Sides Of Indian Creek, Plotted On E. Side

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Thorium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • High Geiger Counter Readings On Field Sample Site Of Schist Were Not Repeated Over Samples In Laboratory

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Monazite Ore
Rutile Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Barite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Glaucophane Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SOIL SAMPLE SHOWED TRACE OF REO2 AND THO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock type qualifier Amphibolized Gabbro
    Rock description Amphibolized Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Marble, Schist, Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.07783, 45.38049
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, PATCHES, STRINGERS
    Strike NW
    Dip SW
    Length 8046.5M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shearing
  • Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • Schist And Gneiss Near Pits Strike N 15 Deg W, Dip 50 Deg Sw. Pegmatite Radioactive Due To Presence Of Allanite
  • Original ore control entry:
    Shear Or Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Reese Esker, Wiley Evans

Mining district

District name Indian Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Radiant Mining Co.

Comments on development

  • 70 Claims

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 And Dip Varies, On E. Side Indian Creek Deposits Trend N 30 Deg W And Dip 60 - 80 Deg Sw. Deposits On W. Side Trend N 65 - 75 Deg W And Dip 45 - 50 Deg. Sw

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 12-JUL-1993 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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