Wawa Claims

Occurrence in Boundary county in Idaho, United States with commodities Thorium, REE
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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078687
MRDS ID W027152
MAS/MILS ID 0160210005
Record type Site
Current site name Wawa Claims
Alternate or previous names Northwest Prospecting and Development, Atomic Fuels Corp.
Included sites Hall Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.42027, 48.98517 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 3.5 MI ESE OF PORTHILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boundary(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copeland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonners Ferry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Kootenai(hydrologic unit)

Kootenai(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Boundary

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 065N 001W 13,14 SESENE (14) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Uphill From Diorite Sill Of Golden Sceptre Claims; Location Approximate
  • Original coordinates for line#1 were: lat/long NAD27 48-59-11N 116-25-1W (48.98639 -116.41694); UTM N5425900 E542650 Z11N; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Boise, TWNSHP 065N, RNG 001W, Sect 13, Sect_fract <blank>.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
REE Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • The Rock Is Intensely Radioactive But Such Minerals Were Not Recognized
  • 10/76 Staatz (1972) Published Analyses Of 2 Samples From This Location Averaging About 5.5% Thorium Across A Vein Thicknes About 1.6 Feet. He Also Reported A Vein Length Of 400 Feet.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Thorite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Biotite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) SLIGHT
  • (Local) BLEACHING

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF 3.3 % TH IN REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Ravalli Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Ravalli Formation-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.42027, 48.98517

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, SHEAR ZONE
    Thickness 0.48M
    Length 121.92M
    Area 25HA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moyie Yaak District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Atomic Fuels, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Washington
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Weis, P. L., And Others, 1958 , Reconnaissance For Radioactive Minerals, In Washington, Idaho, And Western Montana 1952 - 1955 : USGS Bulletin 1074 - B, 48 P.

  • Deposit

    Staatz, M. H., And Others, 1974 , Distribution And Occurrence Of Rare Earths In The Thorium Veins Of Hall Mountain, Idaho: USGS Jour. Research, V. 2 , No. 6 , P. 677 - 683

  • Deposit

    1958 Recon P. L. Weis And Others, Bulletin 1074 - B

  • Deposit

    1974 Recon M. H. Staatz And Others, Jour. Research, V. 2 , No. 6

  • Deposit

    Staatz 1972 Econ Geol, V 67, P 240-248

  • Deposit

    Newton And Others 1960 Id Bur Mines & Geol Pamph 122, P 19-2

  • Deposit

    Nininger & Bowie 1976 Confer On World Nuc Energy Wash Dc 2

  • Deposit

    Ross & George 1966 USBM Res Rept 62.1 - USBM Met Res Cntr Sl

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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