Description
Earl Pyeatt, G. E. Shoup
Commodities
PrimaryUranium, REE, Thorium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsEuxenite, Monazite, Pyrolusite, Pyromorphite, Rutile, Thorite, Wulfenite
GangueApatite, Biotite, Feldspar, Microcline, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Lemhi Quartzite
StructureFault
AlterationChlorite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10071978
MRDS IDW015776
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.96209, -113.502
References
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, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LEMHI QUADRANGLE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 124, 107 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 PAMPH 115, 81 P.1958 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 1151961 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 1241972 GEOLMAP STAATZ, M. H., BULL. 1351