Big Hank Claims

Occurrence 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. Ore body information
  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 10071128
MRDS ID W014356
Record type Site
Current site name Big Hank Claims
Alternate or previous names Pine Hen, Little Spring, Side Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.77903, 44.28049 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 8 MI NE 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 14 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe - Oxide Stains; Hydrothermal; Kaolinization

Analytical data

Result RANDOM SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.05% U3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite, Granodiorite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite, Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics-Arkosic Sandstone
    Rock description Challis Volcanics-Arkosic Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.77903, 44.28049

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PODS

Comments on the geologic information

  • 2 COLD SPRINGS IN AREA ARE ANOMALOUSLY RADIOACTIVE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rare Metals Corp., Sidney Mining Co.

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

    1959 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 11

  • Deposit

    IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 126, 1962, P. 55-56, 72-73.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3, NO. 395, P. 200.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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