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Lee Buck Group

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity 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. 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 10071830
MRDS ID W015410
MAS/MILS ID 0160590709
Record type Site
Current site name Lee Buck Group
Alternate or previous names Squaw Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.22899, 45.43849 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 5 MI NE OF SHOUP

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 03,04 SENW (03) Idaho
Boise 025N 019E 33 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Monazite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.22899, 45.43849
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Thickness 0.3M

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Weis, P. L., And Others, 1958, Reconnaissance For Radioactive Minerals In Washington, Idaho, And Western Montana 1952 - 1955: USGS Bulletin 1074 - B, 48 P

Reporter information

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

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

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