Uranium Sampling Localities 33 and 34

Occurrence in Bonneville county in Idaho, United States with commodities Uranium, Coal, Molybdenum, Germanium
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073262
MRDS ID W019236
MAS/MILS ID 0160190154
Record type Site
Current site name Uranium Sampling Localities 33 and 34

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.47441, 43.27682 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 28 MI ESE OF AMMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonneville(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Commissary Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palisades(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palisades(hydrologic unit)

Snake Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee 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 Bonneville

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 002S 042E 01 Idaho
Boise 002S 043E 06 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Coal Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Germanium Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 0.002 % - 0.004 % EU FROM GRAB, CHANNEL, AND AUGER SAMPLES OF CLAY SOIL AND LIMESTONE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Bear River Formation-Clay Soil, Limestone, Coal
    Rock description Bear River Formation-Clay Soil, Limestone, Coal
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Coal

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.47441, 43.27682

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952
Discoverer James Vine

Mining district

District name Willow Creek - Caribou District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Caribou National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Vine, J. D., 1959 , Geology And Uranium Deposits In Carbonaceous Rocks Of The Fall Creek Area, Bonneville County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1055-I, P. 257 , 288

  • Deposit

    1920 Compile Mansfield, G. R., Bull 716-F

  • Deposit

    1924 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 8

  • Deposit

    1959 Recon Vine, J. D., Bulletin 1055-I

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Note: This Record Represents Samples Taken From Outcrops Only; No Workings Were Found During A 1991 Field Check Of The Area.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Fabiyi, E. E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 26-JAN-1993 Rains, Richard U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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