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Deer Strike and Elk Mine

Past Producer in Custer 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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. Production statistics
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070992
MRDS ID W014158
MAS/MILS ID 0160370381
Record type Site
Current site name Deer Strike and Elk Mine
Alternate or previous names Deer Strike

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.81923, 44.27929 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 4 MI W OF SUNBEAM (TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Basin Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011N 014W 16 SE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • At Head of Small Tributary of Coal Cr.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Marcasite Gangue

Analytical data

Result GREATEST MINERALIZATION CONTAINS 0.30% U3O8.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics-Sandstones, Arkose, Siltstones, Vitrain Seams
    Rock description Challis Volcanics-Sandstones, Arkose, Siltstones, Vitrain Seams
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Coal

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.81923, 44.27929
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Bedding Plane Faults, Cross Bedding, Graded Bedding, Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Thickness 2.74M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Buried Stream Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Melvin Peterson And William Brooks
Year of first production 1959

Mining district

District name Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Phillips Petroleum Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Melvin Peterson And William Brooks

Production statistics

  • Year 1960
    Period 1959-1960
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.23% U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1962
    Total resources 1000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.2 wt-pct Uranium Major 1962
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1962
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.2 wt-pct Uranium Major 1962

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 219.46M
    Overall depth 38.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings Consist of 5 Drilling Benches, An Underground Mine, 35 Churn Drill Holes

Comments on development

  • 3 Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Choate, Raoul, 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area: Idaho Bur. Mines And Geology Pamph. 126, 120 P

  • Deposit

    1962 Geolmap Ida. Bur. Mines And Geol. Pamph. 12

  • Production

    Choate, Raoul, 1962, Idaho Bur. Mines And Geol. Pamplet 126, P. 60.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bur. Mines Open-File Report Mla 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 386, P. 198.

  • Reserve-Resource

    Choate, Raoul, 1962, Idaho Bur. Mines And Geol. Pamphlet 126, P. 60.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit The Sinous Shade of the Radioactive Anomaly Suggests That the Ore Body May Occupy A Former Stream Channel. In the Northeast Drift, Beds Strike Northwest and Dip Southwest; In the Northwest Drift, Beds Strike Northeast and Dip 10 - 35 Deg To the Southwest.
Deposit Mineralization Is Proportional To Carbonaceous Material Present In the Sediments

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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