Lee - Buck No. 4 Claim

The Lee - Buck No. 4 Claim is a niobium (columbium), ree, and phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,801 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Lee - Buck No. 4 Claim

Commodity

Primary: Niobium (Columbium)
Primary: REE
Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates

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: Oscar A. Westfall, Lee Ash, E. R. Hagel

Owner Name: Union Carbide Corp.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: 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: THIN, IRREGULAR BANDS, VEINLETS, AND STRINGERS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.28 AND 1.06% COMBINED RAE OXIDE PLUS THORIA, 1.07 AND 1.34% P.

Materials

Ore: Monazite
Ore: Allanite
Ore: Rutile
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Apatite

Comments

Comment (Location): IN UPPER REACHES OF SQUAW CREEK; NOT FAR TO THE E. OF SILVER KING GROUP; SE OF LEE BUCK NO. 3

Comment (Development): 12 CLAIMS IN LEE BUCK GROUP; NO. 3 AND NO. 4 ARE LOCATED ON SPUR IMMEDIATELY N. OF CLAIM NOS. 13, 14, 15.

Comment (Geology): SCHIST STRIKES E - W, DIPS 50 DEG S; LIMESTONE STRIKES N 85 DEG W, DIPS 55 DEG SW.

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. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, 64 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1954 DIREXPL MOLYBDENUM CORP. OF AMERICA

Reference (Deposit): 1954 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 99

Reference (Deposit): 1956 DIREXPL UNION CARBIDE CORP.

Reference (Deposit): 1958 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 115

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