Iola Prospects

The Iola Prospects is a thorium mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,900 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

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Site Name

Primary: Iola Prospects

Commodity

Primary: Thorium
Tertiary: REE

Location

State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Mcdevitt District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Nuclear Fuels And Rare Metals, Inc.

Owner Name: American Lead And Zinc Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Beaverhead Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: POCKETS, IRREGULAR, LENTICULAR, DISCONTINUOUS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Broad Se-Trending Laramide Thrust Zone

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Feldspar

Comments

Comment (Location): On S. Side Of Pattee Creek Within And At Borders Of Prominent Gulch That Reaches Almost To Top Of Mountain Separating Pattee Creek From Agency Creek. About 1 Mile Below Lone Star No. 2

Comment (Commodity): Oxidized Material Somewhat Radioactive

Comment (Development): Property Comprises 25 And A Fraction Claims

Comment (Workings): Extensive Series Of Bulldozer Cuts

References

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): 1956 Direxpl American Lead And Zinc Co., Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 115

Reference (Deposit): 1958 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 115

Reference (Deposit): 1961 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 124

Reference (Deposit): Anderson, A. L., 1961, Geology And Mineral Resources Of The Lemhi Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 124, 111 P.

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