Lucky Horseshoe Claim Group

The Lucky Horseshoe Claim Group is a thorium and ree mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,201 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

Name: Lucky Horseshoe Claim Group  

State:  Idaho

County:  Lemhi

Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)

Commodity: Thorium, REE

Lat, Long: 44.9839, -113.49470

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Lucky Horseshoe Claim Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lucky Horseshoe Claim Group


Commodity

Primary: Thorium
Primary: REE


Location

State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: McDevitt District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Fred Guderjoin


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Beaverhead Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR STREAKS, ZONES, PODS, SEAMS, BUNCHES


Structure

Type: L
Structure: Brecciation

Type: L
Structure: Cleavage

Type: L
Structure: Faults


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Sericite


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: HIGHEST READING 0.4 MR/HR FROM OTHER SAMPLES
Analytical Data: 1 CHANNEL SAMPLE HAD 0.047% THO2
Analytical Data: 2 CHIP SAMPLES HAD 0.80 AND 0.89% THO2


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Rutile
Ore: Xenotime
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Allanite
Ore: Thorite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Goethite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Biotite


Comments

Comment (Workings): 2 Short Adits, Diamond Drill Holes, Bulldozer Cuts, Small Open Pits

Comment (Location): On Flume Creek About A Mi Above Junction With Agency Creek; Adjoins Independence Group On The Se

Comment (Development): 12 Claims ; Econ.Com: Powers Estimates That No More Than 0.5% Tho Ore Could Be Mined

Comment (Deposit): Much Of The Ore Resembles A Banded Gneiss

Comment (Geology): Original Structures entry: Local - Faults, Cleavage, Brecciation

Comment (Geology): Original concentration process entry: Hydrothermal

Comment (Geology): Original alteration entry: Local - Sericite

Comment (Geology): Original ore control entry: Sheared And Complexly Fractured Zone, Bedding


References

Reference (Deposit): Staatz, M. H., 1972, Geology And Description Of Thorium-Bearing Veins, Lemhi Pass Quadrangle, Idaho And Montana: USGS Bulletin 1351, 94 P.

Reference (Deposit): Powers, H. A., 1955, Lucky Horseshoe And Independence Group: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept.

Reference (Deposit): Anderson, A. L., 1958, Uranium, Thorium, Columbium, And Rare Earth Deposits Of The Salmon Region, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines An Geology Pamphlet 115, 81 P.

Reference (Deposit): Eng, F. G., 1960, Geology Of The Lucky Horseshoe Thorium Deposit, Lemhi County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M. S. Thesis, 38 P.

Reference (Deposit): Staatz, Bunker, and Bush 1971 USGS Prof Paper 750-C, P 136-140

Reference (Deposit): Anderson, 1961, Econ Geol, V 56, P 177-197

Reference (Deposit): Ross and George, 1966, USBM Res Rept 62.1 34 P Salt Lake City Met Res


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