Commodities
PrimaryThorium
SecondaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formLENS - ZONE
Ore controlMuch Of The Zone Is Shear Fractured
Materials
Ore mineralsThorite
GangueGoethite, Hematite, Specularite
Geology
Host rockArgillite,Sandstone
StructureSilicified Rock Is Fractured And Minutelt Veined With Specularite
AlterationHost Rock Is Silicified To Quartzose
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10019247
MRDS IDDC09160
Alternate namesLucky Strike No. 1 Mine Staatz Loc. No. 64
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.94961, -113.43979
References
SAHINEN, UM, 1955, MONT. B.M. AND GEOL. INF. CIRC. 6, P. 8.TRITES AND TOOKER, 1953 , URANIUM AND THORIUM DEPOSITS IN EAST-CENTRAL IDAHO AND SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA, USGS BULL 988-H.SHARP, W. N., AND CAVENDER, W. S., 1962 , GEOLOGY AND THORIUM-BEARING DEPOSITS OF THE LEMHI PASS AREA, LEMHI CO., IDA AND BEAVERHEAD, MONT. USGS BULL 1126 .CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-07-19635) STAATZ, M. H., 1972 , GEOLOGY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE THORIUM BEARING VEIN, LEMHI PASS QUADRANGLE, IDAHO AND MONTANA, USGS BULL 1351 .1953 GEOLMAP TRITES AND TOOKER USGS BULL 988-H1962 GEOLMAP SHARP AND CAUENDER, USGS BULL 11261972 GEOLMAP GEACH, MONT. BUR OF M. & G. BULL 851972 GEOLMAP STAATZ, M. H., USGS BULL 1351