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Lightning No. 3 Prospect

Occurrence in Custer 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. Geologic structures
  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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070976
MRDS ID W014140
Record type Site
Current site name Lightning No. 3 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.87063, 44.31658 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 1 MI E OF POTATO MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Basin Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011N 014E 06 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Slope N of Hay Cr 0.7 Mi By Road From Turnoff At Hay and Basin Creeks

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Analytical data

Result CHANNEL SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.398% U3O8
Result GRAB SAMPLE OF VITRAIN AND CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL WAS 11.15% U3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Mudstone, Sandstone, Arkose, Lignite, Conglomerate
    Rock description Mudstone, Sandstone, Arkose, Lignite, Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.87063, 44.31658
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracturing In Underlying Quartz Monzonite Rock.

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 25 DEG W
    Dip 75 DEG SW
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Buried Former Stream Channel Which Follows Zone Of Closely Spaced Fractures In Quartz Monzonite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Bill Brooks And Melvin Peterson

Mining district

District name Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vitro - Idaho Minerals
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bill Brooks And Melvin Peterson

Comments on the workings information

  • Development Consists of Seven Drilling Benches.

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Mineralization Too Low To Permit Mining

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Choate, Raoul, 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126, 126 P

  • Deposit

    1962 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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