Baker and Potato Hill Mine

Past Producer in Custer 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070977
MRDS ID W014141
MAS/MILS ID 0160370347
Record type Site
Current site name Baker and Potato Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.89654, 44.31738 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position .5 MI E OF POTATO MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basin Butte(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 013E 02 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • SECTIONS 10-11-12 OF T11N, R13E INCLUDED; ALSO SECT. 34, 35 OF T 12 N, R 13 E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcedony Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result MAXIMUM RADIOACTIVITY WAS 2.30 MILLIROENTGENS PER HOUR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.89654, 44.31738

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 50 DEG W
    Dip 55 DEG NE
    Thickness 2.59M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting N 50 - 55 Deg W Strike And Dip 48 - 62 Deg Nw; Major Fault Strikes N 42 W And Dips 84 Ne.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Jerry Korfist

Mining district

District name Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jack Keller, Pete Yarosh
  • Type Owner
    Owner Jerry Korfist

Comments on the production information

  • HAND PICKED LOBBED ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.016HA
    Overall length 18.29M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • DIAMOND DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 04-NOV-1992 Tuchek U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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