Silver King Claims

The Silver King Claims is a ree mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,001 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Silver King Claims
Secondary: Uncle Sam
Secondary: Calera Mine

Commodity

Primary: REE
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Titanium

Location

State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Indian Creek 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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: J. R. Simplot Co.

Owner Name: Oscar A. Westfall

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
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: Bitterroot Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: MASSIVE BAND

Form: MASSIVE BAND

Structure

Type: L
Structure: Folding

Alterations

Not available

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: 2 - FT. SAMPLE ACROSS STRONG MONAZITE ZONE ASSAYED 4.46% COMBINED RAE OXIDES PLUS THORIA, 2.14% P.

Materials

Ore: Monazite
Ore: Allanite
Gangue: Rutile
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Strike And Dip Above - Attitude Of Lime Silicate Rock. Monazite - Bearing Marble On Third Terrace Strikes N - S, Dips 65 To 75 Deg W.

Comment (Geology): Marble Strikes S 55 Deg W

Comment (Commodity): 2 Rich Samples Assayed 14.6 And 17.7% Combined Rae, Plus Thorium, 8.8 And 1.90 % P.

Comment (Location): Near Headwaters Of E Fork Of Spring Creek, N Of Dutchler Peak; 5 Mi From Salmon River

Comment (Development): 15 Claims; NW Of O. Westfall'S Squaw Creek Deposits

Comment (Geology): Original Structures entry: Local - Complex Folds

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.

Reference (Deposit): Sturm, F. H., 1954, General Geology Of Some Replacement Monazite Deposits In Lemhi County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Idaho, M.S. Thesis, 64 P.

Reference (Deposit): USBM Rept Inv 4012

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