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Hope Claims

Occurrence in Owyhee 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. Ore body information
  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 10093772
MRDS ID W027344
Record type Site
Current site name Hope Claims
Related records 10290863

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.31482, 42.73379 (WGS84)
Elevation 960
Relative position 15.5 MI S OF GLENNS FERRY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Butte East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glenns Ferry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Twin Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

C.J. Strike Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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 Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008S 010E 17 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Analytical data

Result COUNT IN AREA IS 2 - 3 TIMES BACKGROUND. A 1 - FT SECTION AT 85 FT DRILLING DEPTH GAVE HIGH RADIOACTIVITY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Idaho Formation-Conglomerate, Cross-Bedded Sandstone
    Rock description Idaho Formation-Conglomerate, Cross-Bedded Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.31482, 42.73379
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ABUNDANCE OF PETRIFIED LOGS AND WOOD FRAGMENTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Glenns Ferry Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. Rowe, D. Bouscher, C. J. Marshall

Comments on development

  • 75 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POWERS, H. A., 1955 , HOPE CLAIMS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT., 2 P

  • Deposit

    1955 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1977 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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