Lenty Uranium Prospect

Occurrence in Benewah 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073413
MRDS ID W019484
Record type Site
Current site name Lenty Uranium Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.76915, 47.21736 (WGS84)
Elevation 945
Relative position 11 MI SW OF ST. MARIES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Benewah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Benewah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Maries(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Joe(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Benewah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 045N;045N 004W;003W 25;30 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Missoula Group-Sandstone And Shale
    Rock description Missoula Group-Sandstone And Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.76915, 47.21736

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Benewah Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cleo And Francis Le Creyer, Gordon Lenty
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ray Pease

Comments on development

  • 480 ACRES ; ECON.COM: NON COMMERCIAL GRADE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUBBARD, C. R., 1955 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPORT, 2 P

  • Deposit

    1955 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. O. F. REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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