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Side Hill Claims

Occurrence 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071007
MRDS ID W014182
MAS/MILS ID 0160370214
Record type Site
Current site name Side Hill Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.77873, 44.28429 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 2 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 014E 13,14 SWNW (13) Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Microcline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Kaolinization

Analytical data

Result MINERALIZATION RANGED FROM 0.10% TO 0.23% U3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-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) -114.77873, 44.28429
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 0.61M
    Depth to bottom 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Bill Brooks, Melvin Peterson

Mining district

District name Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sidney Mining Co..
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bill Brooks, Melvin Peterson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on development

  • 4 Claims; These Adjoin the Big Hank Group To the Southwest ; Econ.Com: Mineralization Was Too Low Grade To Mine.

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. 5

  • Deposit

    IBMG Mines & Prospects Of The Challis Quad, 1982, Mitchell

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 03-AUG-1988 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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