Gibson Uranium Prospects

Occurrence 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10070545
MRDS ID W013522
Record type Site
Current site name Gibson Uranium Prospects
Related records 10120089

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.35953, 45.04429 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 8 MILES SW OF COBALT, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blackbird Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(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 020N 018E 21 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Analytical data

Result CONSIDERABLE RADIOACTIVITY: COUNTS RANGE FROM 0.1-0.5 MR/HR OVER ORE BODY. AVG. GRADE 0.6%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics-Tuff
    Rock description Challis Volcanics-Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.35953, 45.04429

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 30.48M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blackbird District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Wilhite
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ike Gibson

Comments on development

  • 21 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POWERS, H. A., 1955, GIBSON URANIUM PROSPECTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT

  • Deposit

    1955 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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