Monazite Prospect

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity REE
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096383
MRDS ID W015408
MAS/MILS ID 0160590714
Record type Site
Current site name Monazite Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.15923, 45.41349 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 1.5 MI N OF INDIANOLA 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(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 18,19 N2 (19) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Vein Outcrops Close To Top Of Hill About .5 Mi S 80 Deg E Of White Property On Indian Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Monazite Is Rod - Like And Intergrown With Magnetite; These Zones Have High Count Of Radioactivity

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Monazite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.15923, 45.41349

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 75 DEG W
    Dip NE
    Thickness 0.76M
    Length 3.05M

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
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    Elk City Quad, IBMG 1982 Mine And Prospect Map Series, V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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