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Lost Creek Claims

Past Producer in Pend Oreille county in Washington, United States with commodities Uranium, Lead, Silver
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042370
MRDS ID M060130
Record type Site
Current site name Lost Creek Claims
Alternate or previous names Triple H. Mine
Related records 10131711

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.42471, 48.59208 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position 3 MILES W. OF LOST CREEK, WASHINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pend Oreille(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Timber Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Colville 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 Washington Pend Oreille

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 36N 43E 30 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 1600 TONS AVERAGED 0.47% U3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.42471, 48.59208
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, STRINGERS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zones, Fractures, Vugs

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1957
Year of first production 1958

Mining district

District name Metaline District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Triple Handj Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Vern, Virgil, And Victor Sauer

Production statistics

  • Year 1958
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.20 % U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct
  • Year 1958
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.50 % U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 1wt-pct
  • Year 1960
    Period 1958 - 1960
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Avg. 0.47 % U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • 1958 - 1,147 TONS AT 0.50% U3O8; 1958 - 146 TONS AT 0.20% U3O8 725 TONS MINED FROM SURFACE AND 875 TONS FROM ADIT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 193.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY EXPLORED BY SMALL OPEN PIT, 2 ADITS, AND 11 DRILL HOLES TOTALLING 916 FEET LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARK, C.F. JR. AND CANNON, R.S., JR. 1943 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE METALINE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 202, PL.

  • Deposit

    1958 GEOLMAP DAVE KING, A.E.C

  • Production

    OPERATOR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey

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