The Idaho Thorium Showing No. 3 is a mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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:
Lat, Long: 45.0019, -113.56670
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Idaho Thorium Showing No. 3 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Idaho Thorium Showing No. 3
Secondary: Lone Star No. 9
Commodity
Tertiary: 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
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: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Thorite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): On W. side Pattee Creek about 1 mi above mouth of Poison Gulch; in small gulch opposite old ranch ; Info From Land.St :(1978)
Comment (Commodity): The calcite-hematite vein part is strongly radioactive
Comment (Deposit): Fracture zone in adit strikes N 70 Deg E, dips 45 Deg NW and contains another vein
Comment (Geology): Quartzitic rocks N of gulch strike N 20 Deg W, Dip 35 Deg SW, S. of gulch strike N 70 Deg W, dip 60 Deg NE
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
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