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Eaglesnest Occurrence

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070397
MRDS ID W013306
Record type Site
Current site name Eaglesnest Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Eagle Nest
Related records 10120376

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.93622, 45.08489 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 6.6 MI S16W OF SALMON

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 021E 02 SE OF SE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BENCH GRAVEL OF PROBABLE VALUE

Analytical data

Result ONE SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.14% U3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.93622, 45.08489
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Joints

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Westco Uran. And Id. Uran. Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner F. W. Moultrie

Comments on development

  • GRAVELS TESTED IN PAST YEARS BUT WATER ABSENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STALEY, W. W., 1955, EAGLE NEST: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPORT, 2 P

  • Deposit

    1955 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPOR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Bainbridge, Terri L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1985 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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