The Kay Claims is a thorium mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,881 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,881 Feet (2,402 Meters)
Commodity: Thorium
Lat, Long: 44.6314, -113.16750
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Kay Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kay Claims
Commodity
Primary: Thorium
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Titanium
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Zirconium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Leadore Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Nuclear Fuels And Golden Pleasures Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1965
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: Beaverhead Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization, Silicification, Chlorite
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HEAVY MINERALS ABOVE MADE UP 0.05-0.85% OF SAMPLES
Analytical Data: GRANITE STOCK HAS AVG. THORIUM CONTENT OF 35 PPM.
Analytical Data: SCINTILLATION COUNTER READINGS ON THE GRANITE RANGED FROM 15000-62000 COUNTS/MINUTE
Analytical Data: OF 19 SAMPLES, 12 HAD 0.01% THO2 AND 1 HAD 0.15% THO2
Materials
Ore: Thorite
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Allanite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Zircon
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Rutile
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Plagioclase
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): Along Bull Canyon, plot is in Section 18 of T15N, R28E
Comment (Development): 56 Claims
References
Reference (Deposit): Staatz, M. H., 1972, Thorium Distribution In A Granite Stock Near Bull Canyon, Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 800-B, P. B51-B56
Reference (Deposit): V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Dubois Quad, Location No. 351
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