Commodities
PrimaryThorium
TertiaryREE, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENS, LENTICULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsAllanite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Monazite, Rutile, Thorite, Xenotime
GangueApatite, Barite, Chalcedony, Goethite, Magnetite, Microcline, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Belt Supergroup
StructureShearing, Fracturing, Slickensides
AlterationSericite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10072007
MRDS IDW015813
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.95159, -113.4892
References
STAATZ, M. H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE THORIUM-BEARING VEINS, LEMHI PASS QUADRANGLE, IDAHO AND MONTANA: USGS BULL. 1351, 94 P.NEWTON, J., AND OTHERS, 1960, STUDY OF TWO IDAHO THORITE DEPOSITS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPH 122, P. 39.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 1151960 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 1221972 GEOLMAP STAATZ, M. H., BULL. 1351