Commodities
TertiaryThorium, REE
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formSPORADIC PODS
Ore controlShear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsMonazite, Thorite
GangueApatite, Barite, Calcite, Feldspar, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Lemhi Quartzite-Impure Quartzite
StructureBroad Se-Trending Laramide Thrust Zone
Tectonic settingEdge Of Cratonic Shelf Or Hinge Belt
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10071963
MRDS IDW015754
Alternate namesIdaho Thorium Showing No. 2
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.98319, -113.5815
References
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.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.1958 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 1151961 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 124