| Deposit ID | 10071964 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W015755 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver Queen No. 35 |
| Alternate or previous names | Idaho Thorium Showing No. 4 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.5592, 44.98629 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1768 |
| Relative position | 9.75 MI NE OF LEMHI |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lemhi(county)
Idaho(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Agency Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Leadore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lemhi(hydrologic unit)
Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)
Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Idaho | Lemhi |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise | 019N | 024E | 12 | Idaho |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Thorium | Primary |
| REE Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Euxenite | Ore |
| Monazite | Ore |
| Thorite | Ore |
| Xenotime | Ore |
| Albite | Gangue |
| Apatite | Gangue |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Goethite | Gangue |
| Microcline | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Lemhi Quartzite-Silicified Quartzite | ||||
| Rock description | Lemhi Quartzite-Silicified Quartzite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -113.5592, 44.98629 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Broad Se-Trending Laramide Thrust Zone |
| General form | LENTICULAR, DISCONTINUOUS, POCKETS, IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 70 DEG E |
| Dip | NE |
| Thickness | 0.61M |
| Length | 9.14M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Mcdevitt District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Nuclear Fuels And Rare Metals, Inc. |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W015755 | |
| Idaho Geological Survey | Idaho Mines and Prospects | IMP | DU___9 | http://www.idahogeology.org/ |
ANDERSON, A. L., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LEMHI QUADRANGLE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 124, 111 P.
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.
1958 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 115
1961 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 124
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1974 | Miller, Pat J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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