Kenney Nuclear Prospect

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093479
MRDS ID W013319
MAS/MILS ID 0160590662
Record type Site
Current site name Kenney Nuclear Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.5956, 45.0503 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 7 1/2 MI SE OF BAKER, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldstone Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lemhi(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 020N 024E 22 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Info From Land.St :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Lead Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.5956, 45.0503

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pratt Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kenney Nuclear And Western

Comments on development

  • Assessment work in 1974 - 75

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Brown, B. R., 1975, First Annual Report Addendum Of The Idaho Department Of Labor And Industrial Services, P. 60

  • Deposit

    Mines And Prospects Of The Dillon Quad, IBMG Mines And Prospects Map Series, V E Mitchell, Et Al.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Bainbridge, Terri L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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