H and M Prospects

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Uranium, Mercury
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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096299
MRDS ID W014144
MAS/MILS ID 0160370350
Record type Site
Current site name H and M Prospects
Alternate or previous names Genesis, H & M

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.91674, 44.30658 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position .5 MI SE OF POTATO MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basin Butte(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 013E 03 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Se Slope of Potato Mtn

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Mercury Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • No Metallic Or Secondary Uranium Minerals Have Been Exposed In the Pits

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcedony Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result MAXIMUM RADIOACTIVITY WAS 0.10 MILLIROENTGENS/HOUR

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
  • 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) -114.91674, 44.30658

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone Striking N 45 Deg W, Dipping 79 Deg S

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1957
Discoverer John Halverson And Kenneth Morgan

Mining district

District name Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner John Halverson And Kenneth Morgan

Comments on the workings information

  • Development Consists of Seven Bulldozer Pits, Largest Pit 100 Ft By 25 Ft By 10 Ft

Comments on development

  • 16 Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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