Lee Buck Group

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), REE, Thorium, Titanium
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071820
MRDS ID W015392
MAS/MILS ID 0160590013
Record type Site
Current site name Lee Buck Group
Alternate or previous names Squaw Creek Prospect, Lee-Buck Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.23232, 45.45016 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 4.25 MI SW OF ULYSSES

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 025N 019E 33 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • In Upper Reaches Of Squaw Creek; Not Far To The E. Of Silver King Group.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
REE Critical Primary
Thorium Primary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Mineralization Spotty Though Locally Rich

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Monazite Ore
Rutile Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.23232, 45.45016

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL, PODS, LENSES, IRREGULAR BUNCHES
    Strike N 72 DEG W
    Dip 75 DEG SW
    Thickness 0.61M
    Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Or Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • Schist Strikes E-W, Dips 50 Deg S.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
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 Operator
    Owner Union Carbide Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Oscar A. Westfall, Lee Ash, E. R. Hagel

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 36.58M

Comments on development

  • Lee Buck Property Comprises 12 Claims; Nos. 3 And 4 Are On Spur Immediately N. Of Claims 13, 14, 15.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    1954 Direxpl Molybdenum Corp. Of America

  • Deposit

    1956 Direxpl Union Carbide Corp.

  • Deposit

    1958 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 115

  • Deposit

    Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Pamphlet 99, 1954, P. 15-16.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Principal Vein Is Several Ft. Thick.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 03-DEC-1990 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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