Commodities
PrimaryNiobium (Columbium), REE, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTHIN, IRREGULAR BANDS, VEINLETS, AND STRINGERS
Ore controlFracture Or Shear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsAllanite, Monazite, Rutile
GangueActinolite, Apatite, Barite, Calcite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Siderite
Geology
Host rockMarble,Limestone · Belt Supergroup
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10096382
MRDS IDW015393
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.44655, -114.22982
References
ABBOTT, A. T., 1954, MONAZITE DEPOSITS IN CALCAREOUS ROCKS, NORTHERN LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 99, 24 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.STURM, F. H., 1954, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF SOME REPLACEMENT MONAZITE DEPOSITS IN LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, 64 P.1954 DIREXPL MOLYBDENUM CORP. OF AMERICA1954 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 991956 DIREXPL UNION CARBIDE CORP.1958 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 115