Lidy Hot Springs Occurrence

Occurrence in Clark county in Idaho, United States with commodities Uranium, Thorium
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072003
MRDS ID W015808
MAS/MILS ID 0160330121
Record type Site
Current site name Lidy Hot Springs Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.54666, 44.1363 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 2 MI WSW OF WINSPER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lidy Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Medicine Lodge(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 009N 033E 02 NWSWNE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • N of Lidy Hot Springs, Plot Approximate

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Thorium Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Mn Stain

Analytical data

Result ZONE OF CHERTIFICATION CONTAIN AS MUCH AS 0.15 MR/HR. IN GENERAL THE AREAS OF HIGH COUNT ARE SMALL

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite
    Rock description 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.54666, 44.1363

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Winsper Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. A. Rasmussen, P. Pencock, H. S. Hanson

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 Or 3 Diamond Drillholes, Bulldozing

Comments on development

  • Reported To Have At Least 40 Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Powers, H. A., 1955, Lidy Hot Springs: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Dubois Quad, Location No. 485.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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