Principal thorium resources in the United States

........ ---.--------................ --..................... --... .. .. 1 Disseminated deposits ........... .... ......... ................ . Introduction ............ ........... .... .... ............... ........... 2 Hicks Dome, IlL .-.-..... •• ••••••••....••.•. ......... ..... . Summary .... ...................... .. .................................... . 3 Bear Lodge Mountains, Wyo .............. .. .. ..... . Veins .--.--.-................... ---.... ........... .. --.... ............ 4 Powderhorn, Colo ..... -.-......... -.-.......... ...... .......... . Lemhi Pass district, Montana-Idaho .. .......... .. -.. 9 Massive carbonatite bodies ..... ... _ .. _ ..................... .. Wet Mountains district, Colorado .... ................. . 12 Iron Hill body, Powderhorn district, Colorado --.. Powderhorn district, Colorado ... •.. ...... -.... .. .. 13 Sulphide Queen body, Mountain Pass, Calif ..... .. Hall Mountain district, Idaho ....... -.. --......... -.-..... 15 North and South Carolina placer deposits .--.. _ ......... . Diamond Creek district, Idaho -.. --...................... 16 Beach placer deposits in Florida and Georgia .-....... ... . Bear Lodge Mountain district, Wyoming .... ... , ..... . 17 References cited ................. ............ .. -.-.-.......... ... Mountain Pass district, California .... ... ........... .. . 19