The Silver King Claims is a ree mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: REE
Lat, Long: 45.4492, -114.25360
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Silver King Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver King Claims
Secondary: Uncle Sam
Secondary: Calera Mine
Commodity
Primary: REE
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Titanium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Indian Creek 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: J. R. Simplot Co.
Owner Name: Oscar A. Westfall
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
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: Bitterroot Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: MASSIVE BAND
Form: MASSIVE BAND
Structure
Type: L
Structure: Folding
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Marble
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Marble
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2 - FT. SAMPLE ACROSS STRONG MONAZITE ZONE ASSAYED 4.46% COMBINED RAE OXIDES PLUS THORIA, 2.14% P.
Materials
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Allanite
Gangue: Rutile
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Strike And Dip Above - Attitude Of Lime Silicate Rock. Monazite - Bearing Marble On Third Terrace Strikes N - S, Dips 65 To 75 Deg W.
Comment (Geology): Marble Strikes S 55 Deg W
Comment (Commodity): 2 Rich Samples Assayed 14.6 And 17.7% Combined Rae, Plus Thorium, 8.8 And 1.90 % P.
Comment (Location): Near Headwaters Of E Fork Of Spring Creek, N Of Dutchler Peak; 5 Mi From Salmon River
Comment (Development): 15 Claims; NW Of O. Westfall'S Squaw Creek Deposits
Comment (Geology): Original Structures entry: Local - Complex Folds
References
Reference (Deposit): Abbott, A. T., 1954, Monazite Deposits In Calcareous Rocks, Northern Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 99, 24 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): Sturm, F. H., 1954, General Geology Of Some Replacement Monazite Deposits In Lemhi County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Idaho, M.S. Thesis, 64 P.
Reference (Deposit): USBM Rept Inv 4012
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