The Uranium Queen Prospect is a thorium mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,860 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,860 Feet (2,091 Meters)
Commodity: Thorium
Lat, Long: 44.9597, -113.47780
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Uranium Queen Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Uranium Queen Prospect
Secondary: Surprise Nos. 5 and 6
Commodity
Primary: Thorium
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Iron
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: E. P. Peron
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Structure: Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Description: Micaceous Quartzite
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Description: Micaceous Quartzite
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: OXIDE RICH ZONE SHOWS 1.0 MR/HR, 0.038 % EU, 0.21 % THO2, AND 0.001 %
Materials
Ore: Thorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): .25 Mi S Of Copper Queen Mine
Comment (Development): Econ.Com: High Radioactivity Along Vein
Comment (Geology): Original Structures entry: Local - Fault Trending N 40 Deg W And Dipping 42 Deg Sw
Comment (Geology): Original alteration entry: Local - Silicified
References
Reference (Deposit): Sharp, W. N., And Cavendar, W. S., 1962, Geology And Thorium-Bearing Deposits Of The Lemhi Pass Area, Lemhi County, Idaho, And Beaverhead County, Montana: USGS Bull 1126, 76 P.
Reference (Deposit): Staatz, M. H., 1972, Geology And Description Of The Thorium-Bearing Veins, Lemhi Pass Quadrangle, Idaho And Montana: USGS Bull 1351, 94 P.
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