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Dot Claims

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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070410
MRDS ID W013336
Record type Site
Current site name Dot Claims
Related records 10290621

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.97153, 45.56049 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 2.4 MI N80W OF GIBBONSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gibbonsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(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

Salmon-Challis 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 026N 021E 21,22,23,27,28 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • .85 MI N32E OF GRANITE MTN LOOKOUT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Torbernite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics-Quartz Latite
    Rock description Challis Volcanics-Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Lemhi;Big Creek
    Rock description Lemhi;Big Creek

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.97153, 45.56049
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL IRREGULAR COATINGS
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to top 4.27M
  • General form SMALL IRREGULAR COATINGS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer C. B. Jenkins, R. Van Eckout

Mining district

District name Gibbonsville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Comments on development

  • DRILL HOLE DISCLOSED THAT U MINERALIZATION CEASES WITHIN 14 FT. OF SURFACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1958, URANIUM, THORIUM, COLUMBIUM, AND RARE EARTH DEPOSITS IN THE SALMON REGION, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 115, 81 P

  • Deposit

    1958 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 11

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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