Hottentot Claims

Occurrence in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodity Uranium
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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069950
MRDS ID W007752
Record type Site
Current site name Hottentot Claims
Related records 10143796

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.39166, 48.49627 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 16 1/2 MI NE OF SANDPOINT; 13 1/2 MI SSW OF BONNERS FERRY; 1/2 MI FROM BOUNDARY COUNTY LINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elmira(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pend Oreille Lake(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bonner

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 059N 001E 06 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Microcline Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite, Local Segregations Of Biotite, Limonite Stains

Analytical data

Result LOCALLY, GEIGER COUNTERS RECORD 10 TIMES BACKGROUND COUNT ON PEGMATITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite Dike
    Rock description Pegmatite Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Prichard Formation-Quartzite;Belt Supergroup-Gneiss, Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.39166, 48.49627

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shears And Joints; Pegmatite Lit - Par - Lit Injection

Ore body information

  • Length 304.8M
    Width 182.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dike With Shears And Joints

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clark Fork District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. E. Breinich
  • Type Owner
    Owner Don Samuelson

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL EXPLORATION PITS

Comments on development

  • 8 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE, C. N., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF BONNER COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT, NO. 6, 131 P.

  • Deposit

    POWERS, HAROLD A., 1956, HOTTENTOT #1 & 2: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. O. F. REPT.

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. CO. REPT. 6

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEGMATITE DIKE SEVERAL THOUSAND FT LONG

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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