The Lone Star No. 2 is a thorium and ree 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: Thorium, REE
Lat, Long: 44.9861, -113.56500
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Lone Star No. 2 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lone Star No. 2
Secondary: Idaho Thorium Showing No. 1
Commodity
Primary: Thorium
Primary: 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.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: 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: LENTICULAR, BUNCHES, IRREGULAR MASSES
Structure
Type: R
Structure: Laramide Thrust Zone
Type: L
Structure: Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Euxenite
Ore: Thorite
Ore: Xenotime
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Biotite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): Much Of Mineralized Rock Is Highly Radioactive
Comment (Deposit): Mineralized Zone Can Be Traced Several Hundred Yards; Several Veins
Comment (Geology): Original Structures entry: Local - Fault Striking N 30 Deg E, Dipping 15 Deg Se, Offsets Vein 6 Ft. Regional - Broad Se-Trending Laramide Thrust Zone
Comment (Geology): Original tectonic setting entry: Edge Of Cratonic Shelf Or Hinge Belt
Comment (Geology): Original concentration process entry: Hydrothermal Activity
Comment (Location): On SE Side Of Pattee Creek Just Below Mouth Of Poison Gulch
Comment (Development): Nuclear Fuels And Rare Metals Corp. Owns Total Of 132 Claims In This Part Of District
Comment (Geology): Quartzite Beds Strike N 30 Deg E, Dip 15 Deg Se
References
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.
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): V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Propects Map Series, 1981 Dubois Quad, Location No. 9
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