The Cardinal Prospect is a phosphorus-phosphates and thorium mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,000 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: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Thorium
Lat, Long: 45.4208, -114.20080
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Cardinal Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cardinal Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Primary: Thorium
Tertiary: REE
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Cardinal Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: SCATTERED OR GROUPED CRYSTALS, MASSIVE CLUSTERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2 SAMPLES ACROSS BEST ZONES ASSAYED 0.0 AND 3.84% RAE OXIDES PLUS THORIA, 1.42 AND 1.71% P.
Materials
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Allanite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): 2.5 MI UPSTREAM FROM SALMON RIVER; ON RIDGE SEPARATING PAPOOSE CREEK FROM SQUAW CREEK
Comment (Commodity): GEIGER COUNTER READINGS WERE 2 1/2 TO 3 TIMES BACKGROUND.
Comment (Geology): YOUNGER QUARTZ VEIN HAS INCORPORATED SOME OF DEPOSIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): STURM, F. H., 1954, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF SOME REPLACEMENT MONAZITE DEPOSITS IN LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, 64 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1958 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 115
Reference (Deposit): 1954 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 99
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): ABBOTT, A. T., 1954, MONAZITE DEPOSITS IN CALCAREOUS ROCKS, NORTHERN LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 99, 24 P.
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