The Allanite Occurrence is a thorium mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,899 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Thorium
Lat, Long: 45.16, -114.25640
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Allanite Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Allanite Occurrence
Secondary: Toolson
Commodity
Primary: Thorium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Blackbird 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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1925
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
Form: IRREGULAR SEAMS, MASSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RADIOACTIVE
Materials
Ore: Allanite
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Feldspar
Comments
Comment (Location): Along Big Jureano Creek
Comment (Workings): No Attempt Has Been Made To Develop Property
Comment (Geology): Hr.Age.Mv: Pegmatite
References
Reference (Deposit): Shockey, P. N., 1957, Reconnaissance Geology Of The Leesburg Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 113, 42 P
Reference (Deposit): 1957 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 11
Reference (Deposit): Ida Bur Mns Pamp 113.
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