Commodities
PrimaryNiobium (Columbium), REE, Thorium
TertiaryTitanium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL, PODS, LENSES, IRREGULAR BUNCHES
Ore controlFracture Or Shear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsAllanite, Chalcopyrite, Ilmenite, Monazite, Rutile
GangueActinolite, Apatite, Barite, Calcite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss · Belt Supergroup
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10071820
MRDS IDW015392
Alternate namesLee Buck No. 3 Claim, Squaw Creek Prospect, Lee-Buck Claims
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.45016, -114.23232
References
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.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.1954 Direxpl Molybdenum Corp. Of America1956 Direxpl Union Carbide Corp.1958 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 115Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Pamphlet 99, 1954, P. 15-16.