The Silver Queen No. 35 is a thorium and ree mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,801 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: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Thorium, REE
Lat, Long: 44.9864, -113.55830
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Silver Queen No. 35 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Queen No. 35
Secondary: Idaho Thorium Showing No. 4
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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Nuclear Fuels And Rare Metals, Inc.
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: LENTICULAR, DISCONTINUOUS, POCKETS, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Broad Se-Trending Laramide Thrust Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Mn-Stained
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
Ore: Euxenite
Ore: Thorite
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Xenotime
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Microcline
Gangue: Goethite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 3 BULLDOZER CUTS
Comment (Location): ON S SIDE POISON GULCH ABOUT .5 MI E OF PATTEE CREEK.
Comment (Development): NUCLEAR FUELS AND RARE METALS CORP. OWNS TOTAL OF 132 CLAIMS IN THIS PART OF DISTRICT
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): 1958 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 115
Reference (Deposit): 1961 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 124
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