The Lamb Prospect is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,599 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,599 Feet (2,621 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 44.46, -114.76390
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Lamb Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lamb Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Beryllium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Yankee Fork 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: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Van Lamb
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Stanley, Idaho
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Discovery Year: 1960
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: TABULAR, SHEAR ZONE
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault And Fracture Zones; Brecciation
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A HIGH VALUE OF 0.08 % BEO WAS OBTAINED
Analytical Data: A 4 FT SAMPLE ACROSS A VEIN ASSAYED AT 39.4 % CAF2
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Orthoclase
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 12-76 Fluorite Veins On the Lamb Property Are Thin and Irreg and Do Not Constitute A Major Fluorite Occurrance. Resource Potential Is Poor. 12-76 the Fluorite Veins Contained Trace Amts of Beryllium ( 1962, P 90).
References
Reference (Deposit): Choate, Raoul, 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Pamphlet 126, 120 P
Reference (Deposit): Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 83, 1949, P. 89-90.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Geological Survey Prof. Paper 933, 1976, P. 36-37.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 493, P. 221.
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