The Nuclear Fuels and Rare Metals Corp. is a thorium mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,598 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: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Thorium
Lat, Long: 44.9825, -113.54330
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Nuclear Fuels and Rare Metals Corp. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nuclear Fuels and Rare Metals Corp.
Secondary: Lone Star No. 2
Secondary: Lake Vein
Secondary: Black Bull
Secondary: Contact Vein
Secondary: Silver Queen 52-B
Secondary: Iola Vein
Secondary: Viola Vein
Secondary: Silver Queen 38-A
Secondary: Deer Vein
Secondary: Wonder Vein
Secondary: Cago Vein
Secondary: Wonder Lode
Secondary: Beaverhead
Commodity
Primary: Thorium
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Lemhi Pass 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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Nuclear Fuels And Rare Metals, Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1982
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Shrinkage Methods
Milling Method: Unspecified
Discovery Year: 1949
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Thorite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): M1C1=M1C2+M1C3+M1C4+M1C5 M9C4=M1C2+M1C3+M1C4+M1C5 THESE ARE FOUR SEPARATE DEPOSITS MATRIX 1 COL. 1 IS AN AVERAGE OF MATRIX 1 COLS. 2 THRU 5. RARE EARTHS ARE PRESENT IN THESE DEPOSITS IN VARYING AMOUNTS BUT WERE EXCLUDED FROM COSTING DUE TO INCOMPLETE INFORMATION.
Comment (Geology): AMOUNT (WT. PERCENT) IS AVERAGED FOR ALL ORE. BARITE IS MENTIONED BUT NO RESOURCE IS REPORTED.
Comment (Deposit): STRIKE AND DIP ARE GENERALIZED FOR ALL VEINS, SEE INDIVIDUAL DEPOSIT
Comment (Reserve-Resource): REF: PFER, SEPT 1983 THIS PROPERTY IS LISTED UNDER "LEMHI PASS" IN MAFO FILES
Comment (Location): HOME OFFICE LOCATED IN SALMON, IDAHO. ALSO SECS. 12, 14, 10, 11, 13, 24, 23, AND T19N R25E S17 &19 ADDITIONAL CRIB NO. WO15755, WO15757 LOCATION GENERALIZED DUE TO LARGE COVERAGE OF VEINS.
References
Reference (Deposit): NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, 1970, MONTHLY NORMALS OF TEMPERATURE, PRECIPITATION, AND HEATING AND COOLING DEGREE DAYS 1941-1970: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, 10PP.
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, A. E., 1969, THE THORIUM-RARE EARTH MINERAL PROPERTIES OF THE NUCLEAR FUELS AND RARE METALS CORPORATION, SALMON, IDAHO: CONFIDENTIAL COMPANY REPORT, 35PP.
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.E., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LEMHI PASS THORIUM DISTRICT, IDAHO AND MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1049-A, P. A59-A62.
Reference (Deposit): STOUT, K.S., 1980, MINING METHODS AND EQUIPMENT: NEW YORK, MCGRAW HILL INC., P.164-165.
Reference (Deposit): SHARP, B.J. AND HETLAND, D.L., 1968, THORIUM AND RARE EARTH RESOURCES OF THE LEMHI PASS AREA, IDAHO AND MONTANA: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION SUMMARY REPORT RA-12, 23PP.
Reference (Deposit): SHARP, B.J. AND CAVENDER, W.S., 1962, GEOLOGY AND THORIUM-BEARING DEPOSITS TO THE LEMHI PASS AREA, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO AND BEAVERHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1126, 76PP.
Reference (Deposit): STRAAM, ENGINEERS INC., 1979, MINING AND BENEFICIATION OF METALLIC AND NONMETALLIC MINERALS EXCEPT FOSSIL FUELS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES CONTRACT NO. JO255026, 374PP.
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