Shorty Group

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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071126
MRDS ID W014353
MAS/MILS ID 0160370374
Record type Site
Current site name Shorty Group
Alternate or previous names Sunday, Lazy Jack

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.85703, 44.29628 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 5 MI NE OF LOWER STANLEY

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 07 NE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics-Arkosic Conglomerate;Till
    Rock description Challis Volcanics-Arkosic Conglomerate;Till
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.85703, 44.29628

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1957
Discoverer Harold R. Schafer

Mining district

District name Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sidney Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • Few Shallow Cuts

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Pamphlet 126, 1962, P. 70.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 378, P. 194.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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.