Armstrong Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070396
MRDS ID W013305
Record type Site
Current site name Armstrong Prospect
Alternate or previous names Donna No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.92812, 45.08099 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 6.9 MI S12W OF SALMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Williams Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 020N 021E 12 NW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Williams Cr., 1445 Ft S And 1670 Ft E Of NW Corner Of Sec. 12 ; Info From Land.St :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Hematite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Hydrothermal

Analytical data

Result SELECTED SAMPLES TO ASSAY .2 - 1.0% U3O8

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.92812, 45.08099

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 E
    Dip 60 SE
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joints, Shears, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hepburn T. Armstrong

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Probably A Few Tons Of Ore Could Be Obtained By Careful Sorting.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Armstrong, F. C., 1964, Mineral Resources - Uranium, In Mineral And Water Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Special Report No. 1, P. 233 - 239.

  • Deposit

    Powers, Harold A., 1955, Armstrong Prospect: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Report, 3 P.

  • Deposit

    1955 Other Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology; Open - File Report

  • Deposit

    1964 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Special Report No. 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Bainbridge, Terri L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.