Aspen No. 4 Prospects

Prospect in Custer 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. Alteration
  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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071005
MRDS ID W014180
MAS/MILS ID 0160370716
Record type Site
Current site name Aspen No. 4 Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.89264, 44.32298 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 1 MI N OF POTATO MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basin Butte(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 012N 013E 36 SW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SIDE OF BASIN CREEK ABOUT 3/4 OF A MILE NORTH OF HAY CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Alteration Of U Minerals To Secondary Minerals

Analytical data

Result MAXIMUM RADIOACTIVITY WAS MEASURED AT 0.45 MILLIROENTGENS/HOUR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Porphyritic Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Porphyritic Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.89264, 44.32298

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciated Zone, Slickensides Bearing N 20 Deg W, Plunging 20 Deg Nw

Ore body information

  • General form POD/LENS
    Thickness 0.09M
    Length 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULT ZONE TRENDS N 42 DEG W, DIPS 70 DEG E, AND IS 4 FT THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vitro-Idaho Minerals Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bill Brooks, Melvin Peterson

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL SHALLOW BULLDOZER CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHOATE, RAOUL, 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STANLEY AREA: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 126, P. 58

  • Deposit

    1962 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 12

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3, NO. 354. P. 186.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 04-NOV-1992 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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