Primitive Claims Prospect

Occurrence in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper
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. 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070732
MRDS ID W013797
Record type Site
Current site name Primitive Claims Prospect
Related records 10167995

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.4714, 43.4339 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 9.5 MI. SW OF HAILEY, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Richardson Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fairfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 001N 017E 8 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SOME RADIOACTIVITY FROM 0.03 - 0.05 MR/HR. ON VEIN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.4714, 43.4339

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 DEG E
    Dip 41 DEG NW
    Width 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Camas District (Hailey Gold Belt)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Primitive Exp. Co. (F. A. Herbert)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT AND SMALL SHAFT 20 FT. DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POWERS, H. A., 1955, PRIMITIVE CLAIMS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    1955 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-08-01 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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