Black Beetle Occurrence

Occurrence in Bannock 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070378
MRDS ID W013278
MAS/MILS ID 0160050104
Record type Site
Current site name Black Beetle Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.30833, 42.46822 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 10 MI WNW OF DOWNEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bannock(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wakley Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Malad City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Portneuf(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee 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 Bannock

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011S 035E 13 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Near Head Of Potter Cr.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result TRACES OF U3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.30833, 42.46822

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bannock Range

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Caribou National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Christensen

Comments on development

  • 4 Lode Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Dotson, J. C., 1957, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Report, 2 P

  • Deposit

    1957 Recon Id. Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Open File Rept

  • Deposit

    IBMG Mines And Prospects Of The Pocatello Quad., 1982, No. 151.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Sommerfeld, Paul T.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 16-JUL-1992 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.