Silver Queen No. 37

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Thorium, Uranium
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071965
MRDS ID W015757
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Queen No. 37
Alternate or previous names Idaho Thorium Showing No. 6

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.5378, 44.98379 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 9.75 MI NE OF LEMHI

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 019N 025E 07 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1.5 MI E OF PATTEE CREEK; ON S SIDE OF POISON GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • STRONG RADIOACTIVITY FROM PLACE TO PLACE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.1 MR/HR, 0.014% EU, 0.001% EU, 0.062% THO2 FROM SAMPLES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Dike-Diorite
    Rock description Dike-Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Lemhi Quartzite
    Rock description Lemhi Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.5378, 44.98379

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Broad Se-Trending Laramide Thrust Zone

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR, POCKETS, DISCONTINUOUS, IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Jack Rucker

Mining district

District name Mcdevitt District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nuclear Fuels And Rare Metals, Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 CUTS

Comments on development

  • NUCLEAR FUELS OWNS TOTAL OF 132 CLAIMS IN THIS PART OF DISTRICT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • 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

    SHARP, W. N., AND CAVENDAR, W. S., 1962, GEOLOGY AND THORIUM-BEARING DEPOSITS OF THE LEMHI PASS AREA, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO, AND BEAVERHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 1126, 76 P.

  • Deposit

    1958 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 115

  • Deposit

    1961 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 124

  • Deposit

    1963 GEOLMAP W. N. SHARP AND W. S. CAVENDAR, BULL. 1126

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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