Scheller Prospect

The Scheller Prospect is a thorium mine located in Boundary county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,300 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Scheller Prospect
Secondary: Scheller & Dougherty
Secondary: Lucky Seven Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Thorium
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: REE

Location

State: Idaho
County: Boundary
District: Moyie - Yaak 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: Kaniksu National Forest

Holdings

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Irwin Scheller
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1976

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Discovery Year: 1955
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not 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: Purcell Range - Hall Mountain

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: STRINGER

Structure

Type: L
Structure: Brecciation
Description: Nw Trending Faults, Brecciation

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silification

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 2 SAMPLES DETECTED 0.011 AND 0.026 % THO2 , 0.0354 AND 0.0361 % RE2O3
Analytical Data: LOW GRADE , UP TO 2.5 MR/H

Materials

Ore: Thorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Geyserite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Magnetite

Comments

Comment (Development): Several Claims

Comment (Location): W. Slope Of Hall Mountain

Comment (Commodity): Weak Radioactivity Along Fault, Up To 1 Mr/Hr

Comment (Workings): Combined Length Of 2 Trenches Is 1000 Ft. 130 - Ft. Diamond Drill Hole.

Comment (Location): Several dozer cuts, 1 DDH Located 1800 Ft N 12 Deg E From Se Corner Sec. 13.

References

Reference (Deposit): Powers, Harold A., 1956, Lucky Seven: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Report.

Reference (Deposit): 1956 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Of Rept.

Reference (Deposit): 1964 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Spec. Rpt. No. 1

Reference (Deposit): Staatz 1972 Econ Geol V 67 P 240-248 Th Vns Hall Mtn Idaho

Reference (Deposit): Anderson, A. L., And Savage, C. N., 1964, Mineral Resources - Thorium And The Rare Earths, In Mineral And Water Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Spec. Rept., No. 1, P. 211 - 217.

Reference (Deposit): Le Moine, Denis, 1960, Geology Of Thorite Deposits Of The Hall Mountain Area, Boundary County, In Study Of Two Thorite Deposits: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet, No. 122, P. 15 - 22.

Reference (Deposit): Newton, Jos., Et Al, 1960, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 122, P. 20.

Reference (Deposit): Staatz, M.H., And Others, 1974 , Distribution And Occurrence Of Rare Earths In The Thorium Veins On Hall Mountain, Idaho: USGS Jour. Research, V. 2 , No. 6 , P. 677 - 683

Reference (Deposit): 1960 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet #122, P. 15 - 22

Reference (Deposit): 1960 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet #122, P. 20

Reference (Deposit): 1964 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Spec. Rpt., No. 1

Reference (Deposit): 1974 Compile M.H. Staatz And Others, Jour. Research, V. 2 , No. 6

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