The Monazite Queen Claims is a ree mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)
Commodity: REE
Lat, Long: 45.4586, -114.27560
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Monazite Queen Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monazite Queen Claims
Commodity
Primary: REE
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Titanium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Mineral Hill District
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: Oscar A. Westfall
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Bitterroot Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, PODS, BUNCHY
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Marble
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Marble
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 10 - FT WIDE CUT SAMPLE ASSAYED 2.16% COMBINED RARE EARTH OXIDES PLUS THORIA, AND 1.01% PHOSPHATE
Materials
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Rutile
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): Marble Sample Assayed 1.50% Combined Rae Oxides Plus Thoria, 1.04% P; Oxidized Zone Sample: 21.% Combined Rae Oxides Plus Thoria, 8.5% P
Comment (Location): Near Headwaters Of W. Fork Of Spring Creek Only Short Distance S. Of Idaho - Montana Divide
Comment (Development): About 18 Claims In Monazite Queen Group
Comment (Deposit): Strike Above Is Strike Of Marble Near Surface Work.
Comment (Workings): 2 Prospect Holes
Comment (Geology): Marble And Schists Strike N 35 Deg W, 60 Deg Ne
Comment (Geology): Original alteration entry: Local - Oxidation
Comment (General): USBM WFOC Wilderness Studies
References
Reference (Deposit): Abbott, A. T., 1954, Monazite Deposits In Calcareous Rocks, Northern Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 99, 24 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.
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