E-Dah-How Claim Group

Past Producer in Lemhi 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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070433
MRDS ID W013369
Record type Site
Current site name E-Dah-How Claim Group
Alternate or previous names Donna Lou, Leesburg U Inc., Skyline
Related records 10120310, 10192520

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.9037, 45.06572 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 7.6 MI DUE S 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 022E 18 CENTER OF N2 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 2.3 MI S75W OF POPE-SHENON MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Torbernite Ore
Uranophane Ore
Andesine Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sanidine Gangue
Tridymite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Oligo-Challis Volcanics-Welded Tuffs, Quartz Latite
    Rock description Oligo-Challis Volcanics-Welded Tuffs, Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.9037, 45.06572

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 30.48M
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Breccias

Comments on the geologic information

  • TUFFS STRIKE N 10 TO 15 DEG W, DIP 30 DEG NE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
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 E. - Dah - How Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 30.48M

Comments on development

  • 32 CLAIMS IN GROUP

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-APR-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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