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Varney Prospect

Occurrence in Benewah 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. 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 10073417
MRDS ID W019488
MAS/MILS ID 0160090012
Record type Site
Current site name Varney Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.81634, 47.06296 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 16 MI SE OF TEKOA, WASH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Benewah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sanders(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Maries(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hangman(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 043N 004W 15 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On N - Trending Ridge On N Side Hoodoo Mtns

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result IN PITS, SCINTILLATION COUNTER REGISTERED 3 TIMES NORMAL BACKGROUND

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.81634, 47.06296
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sanders Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Harold And Howard Varney

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 Small Pits 7 Ft Deep

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hubbard, C. R., And Powers, H. A., 1955 , Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Report No. 3 , 3 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
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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