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E-Dah-How Claim Group

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070394
MRDS ID W013302
Record type Site
Current site name E-Dah-How Claim Group
Alternate or previous names Dona Lou, Leesburg Uranium Inc., Skyline, McConnell-Sargent Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
-113.89398, 45.0835 (WGS84) 1341 1000 6 MI S. OF SALMON, IDAHO
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-113.8992, 45.0733 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Williams Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 020N 022E 05,06,07,08 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tyuyamunite Ore
Uranophane Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES UP TO 10% U3O8. AVERAGE GRADE .2% TO .4% U3O8 AT THE EXPOSURE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics-Rhyolite
    Rock description Challis Volcanics-Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.89398, 45.0835
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(2) -113.8992, 45.0733
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS, STRINGERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1955

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner G. And G. Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mc Connell And Sargent

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • A Few Tons Of Ore (.2%) Could Be Mined

Comments on the workings information

  • Prospect Pit In Side Of Roadcut 2 Ft Deep.

Comments on development

  • 22 Claims. An Initial Shipment Of 11 Tons Of Uranium Ore Was Made In April 1955 (1st Reported Uranium Shipment From Idaho).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    Powers, H. A., 1955, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 105, P. 60.

  • Deposit

    Powers, Harold A., 1955, Mc Connell - Sargent Claims: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Report, 8 P.

  • Deposit

    Hubbard, Charles R., 1955, A Survey Of The Mineral Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 105, P. 60.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-76 Bainbridge, Terri L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-85 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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