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Uranium Occurrence

Occurrence in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodity Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070289
MRDS ID W013117
Record type Site
Current site name Uranium Occurrence
Related records 10144868

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.82681, 43.44737 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 7 MI. S. OF MARSING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Opalene Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murphy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Snake-Succor(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 001N 004W 04 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Altered Somewhat By Hot Springs

Analytical data

Result SLIGHT RADIOACTIVITY IN FRACTURED AND ALTERED RHYOLITE. OWNERS REPORTED 2 - 5 TIMES NORMAL BACKGROUND

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite
    Rock description Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.82681, 43.44737
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Givens Springs Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Earl And Herbert Brockman

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POWERS, H. A., 1955 , RHYOLITE URANIUM PROPERTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT., 2 P

  • Deposit

    1955 RECON ID. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. - OPEN FILE REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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