Salmon River Uranium Development Co.

Prospect in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Thorium, Uranium, Titanium
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071821
MRDS ID W015394
MAS/MILS ID 0160590483
Record type Site
Current site name Salmon River Uranium Development Co.
Alternate or previous names Salmon River Development Co., Sunny Side No. 5

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.08373, 45.37929 (WGS84)
Elevation 1189
Relative position 3.75 MI SSE OF ULYSSES MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ulysses Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 024N 020E 26,27 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Lower Slope Of Canyon Between Last Chance Group And The River; Directly Across From Mouth Of Dump Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
Uranium Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Parts Of Shear Zone Given High Radiometric Readings, But Removed Rock Failed To Excite The Counter

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Schistose, Quartzitic, And Calcareous Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.08373, 45.37929

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 DEG W
    Dip 55 DEG SW
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Indian Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1958, Uranium, Thorium, Columbium, And Rare Earth Deposits In The Salmon Region, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 115, 81 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General USBM WFOC Wilderness Studies

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 12-JUL-1993 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.