Description
Peron, Bumgardner
Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Thorium, REE
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR PATCHES
Ore controlFracture Zone, Fault Breccia
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Monazite, Rutile, Thorite
GangueApatite, Barite, Calcite, Chalcedony, Feldspar, Microcline, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Belt Supergroup
StructureBrecciation, Schistosity, Slickensides
AlterationSilicified Zone
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1952
Identification
Deposit ID10071947
MRDS IDW015730
Alternate namesBlack Bull No. 2 and No. 3 and Fraction Claims
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.96989, -113.4773
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.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.STAATZ, M. H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE THORIUM-BEARING VEINS, LEMHI PASS QUADRANGLE, IDAHO AND MONTANA: USGS BULL 1351, 94 P.ANDERSON, A. L., 1961, THORIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE LEMHI PASS AREA, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 56, NO. 1, P. 177-1971958 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 1151962 RECON SHARP, W. N., AND CAVENDER, W. S., BULL. 11261972 GEOLMAP STAATZ, M. H., BULL. 1351