The Simer Prospect is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 45.285, -113.93500
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Simer Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Simer Prospect
Secondary: Lost Wife Group
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Eureka District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Salmon National Forest
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Teal And Waterman
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Monazite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): 10 Claims
Comment (Deposit): Second (Small) Vein Strikes N 10 Deg E, Dips Nw; Third Vein Strikes N 35 Deg E In Shear Zone; Items M70, M80 Refer To Main Vein
Comment (Geology): Prec Stock Formerly Considered Lcret
Comment (Location): In Small Shallow Gulch Just S. Of Diamond Creek Drainage About A Mi. Sse Of Contact No. 2
Comment (Geology): Original alteration entry: Local - Oxidation
Comment (Geology): Original ore control entry: Shear Zone
Comment (Deposit): Deposits Are In Granite And Consist Of Three Veins, The Main One In A Large Cut In The Upper Part Of The Gulch. It Strikes N50e, And Dips 60nw. It Contains 2 To 3 Ft. Of Highly Radioactive, Jaster-Like Rock, Which Examined Micro- Scopically Shows Abundant Monazite And Variable Amounts Of Barite, Pruplish And Colorless Fluorite, And Quartz.
References
Reference (Deposit): Staatz, M.H., et al, 1979, Principal Thorium Resources in the United States, USGS, Info. Circular 805, 42 p.
Reference (Deposit): 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.
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, A. L., 1959, Geology And Mineral Resources Of The North Fork Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 118, 92 P.
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, A. L., And Van Alstine, R. E., 1964, Mineral Resources - Fluorspar, In Mineral And Water Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Special Report No. 1, P. 79 - 84.
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