Lucky Strike Prospects

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070993
MRDS ID W014160
MAS/MILS ID 0160370384
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Strike Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.83873, 44.28768 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 3.5 MI SE 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 17 NE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE ANALYZED ABOVE 0.20% U3O8

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) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Challis Sediments-Sedimentary Rocks
    Rock description Challis Sediments-Sedimentary Rocks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.83873, 44.28768

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting; Major Zone Strikes N 45 W

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 40 DEG NE
    Thickness 0.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Buried Stream Channel.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer William Brooks, Melvin Peterson

Mining district

District name Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rare Metals Corp. Of America
  • Type Owner
    Owner Brooks, William And Peterson, Melvin

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 38.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • Development Consists of Four Bulldozer Cuts and 29 Churn Drill Holes

Comments on development

  • 6 Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Choate, Raoul, 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126, 120 P.

  • Deposit

    Kern, B. F., 1959, Geology Of The Uranium Deposits Near Stanley, Custer County: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 117, 40 P.

  • Deposit

    Minobras, 1975, Idaho Industrial Minerals: Minobras, P. 34 - 36.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 381, P. 196.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 04-NOV-1992 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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