Hardee Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Uranium, Gold, Silver, Antimony
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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089191
MRDS ID W014354
MAS/MILS ID 0160370376
Record type Site
Current site name Hardee Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.79903, 44.29019 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 4.5 MI NW OF SUNBEAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Basin Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011N 014E 10,11,14,15 SE (10) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Along the West Fork of Upper Haden Creek; 3.7 Miles From Basin Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pitchblende Ore
Stibnite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Microcline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinization, Oxidation

Analytical data

Result DRILL CORES AVERAGED 0.16% U3O8
Result ONE CORE CONTAINED 20 FT OF 0.49% U3O8. MAXIMUM RADIOACTIVITY WAS 4.0 MILLIROENTGENS PER HOUR
Result 1 GRAB SAMPLE ASSAYED AT 0.18 OZ AU/TON AND 0.50 OZ AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Aplite, Pegmatite Dikes
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Aplite, Pegmatite Dikes
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.79903, 44.29019

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone Trending N 45 W; Brecciation

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
  • General form LINEAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N - Nw And E - Ne Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Bill Brooks And Melvin Peterson

Mining district

District name Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Phillips Petroleum Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 Core Drill Holes and 3 Churn Drill Holes

Comments on development

  • Consists of 9 Claims ; Econ.Com: Mining Halted Because Stringers Were Too Widely Spaced To Form A Stockwork

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Choate, Raoul, 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126, 120 P.

  • Deposit

    Kern, B. F., 1959, Geology Of The Uranium Deposits Near Stanley, Custer County: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 117, 40 P.

  • Deposit

    1959 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 117

  • Deposit

    1962 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126

  • Production

    Choate, Raoul, 1962, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Pamphlet 126, P. 51.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 389, P. 199.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 04-NOV-1992 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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