Commodities
TertiaryREE, Thorium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formLENS, STRINGERS
Ore controlFissures, Faults
Materials
Ore mineralsAllanite, Cenosite, Thorite
GangueApatite, Calcite, Magnetite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite,Quartzite · Prichard Formation-Quartzite
Associated rockDiorite · Kaniksu Batholith-Granitic;Purcell Sill-Diorite
StructureNw - Trending Faults, Brecciation
AlterationChlorite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1955
Identification
Deposit ID10093405
MRDS IDW007539
Alternate namesAtomic Fuels Corporation
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.98598, -116.4094
References
ANDERSON, A. L., AND SAVAGE, C. N., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES - THORIUM AND THE RARE EARTHS, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT., NO. 1, P. 211 - 217.LE MOINE, DENIS, 1960, GEOLOGY OF THORITE DEPOSITS OF THE HALL MOUNTAIN AREA, BOUNDARY COUNTY, IN STUDY OF TWO THORITE DEPOSITS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET, NO. 122, P. 15 - 22.LE MOINE, DENIS, 1959, THORITE DEPOSITS AND GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE HALL MOUNTAIN AREA, BOUNDARY COUNTY, IDAHO: UNPUBLISHED THESIS, UNIV. IDAHO, 68 P.ADAMS, J. W., AND OTHERS, 1964, AM. MINERALOGIST, V.49, NO. 11-12, P. 1736-1741.1960 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET NO. 1221964 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. SPEC. RPT. NO. 1