Monazite Queen Claims

The Monazite Queen Claims is a ree mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,100 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: Monazite Queen Claims  

State:  Idaho

County:  Lemhi

Elevation: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)

Commodity: REE

Lat, Long: 45.4586, -114.27560

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Monazite Queen Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Monazite Queen Claims


Commodity

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


Location

State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Mineral Hill 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: Oscar A. Westfall


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: TABULAR, PODS, BUNCHY


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Oxidation


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: 10 - FT WIDE CUT SAMPLE ASSAYED 2.16% COMBINED RARE EARTH OXIDES PLUS THORIA, AND 1.01% PHOSPHATE


Materials

Ore: Monazite
Ore: Rutile
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Magnetite


Comments

Comment (Commodity): Marble Sample Assayed 1.50% Combined Rae Oxides Plus Thoria, 1.04% P; Oxidized Zone Sample: 21.% Combined Rae Oxides Plus Thoria, 8.5% P

Comment (Location): Near Headwaters Of W. Fork Of Spring Creek Only Short Distance S. Of Idaho - Montana Divide

Comment (Development): About 18 Claims In Monazite Queen Group

Comment (Deposit): Strike Above Is Strike Of Marble Near Surface Work.

Comment (Workings): 2 Prospect Holes

Comment (Geology): Marble And Schists Strike N 35 Deg W, 60 Deg Ne

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

Comment (General): USBM WFOC Wilderness Studies


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.


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