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Uranium Sampling Locality 36

Occurrence in Bonneville county in Idaho, United States with commodities Uranium, Coal, Molybdenum, Germanium
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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. 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 10073263
MRDS ID W019238
MAS/MILS ID 0160190121
Record type Site
Current site name Uranium Sampling Locality 36

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.23111, 43.24132 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 7.75 MI S OF PALISADES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonneville(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poker Peak(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 045E 18 NESW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Coal Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Germanium Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 0.0011 AND 0.0033 % U FROM 2 CHANNEL SAMPLES OF LIMESTONE AND COALY SHALE
Result SHALE SAMPLE ALSO HAD 77.53 % ASH

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bear River Formation-Limestone, Coaly Shale
    Rock description Bear River Formation-Limestone, Coaly Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Coal

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.23111, 43.24132
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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., Bulletin 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 A Sample Taken From An Outcrop; 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

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