Brinson Coal Prospect

Occurrence in Bonneville county in Idaho, United States with commodities Uranium, Coal
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073264
MRDS ID W019241
Record type Site
Current site name Brinson Coal Prospect
Alternate or previous names Miller Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.72612, 43.45681 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 12 MI E OF AMMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonneville(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lone Pine Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palisades(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willow(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bonneville

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 002N 040E 34,35 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • EAST SIDE OF WILLOW CREEK IN VALLEY BOTTOM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Coal Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coal Ore
Gypsum Gangue

Analytical data

Result THE COAL BED ANALYSED ABOVE IS SHALY AND GYPSUM BEARING
Result THE QUALITY IS POOR
Result TRACE OF SULFUR ALSO
Result 3 GRAB SAMPLES OF COALY SHALE AND LIMESTONE GAVE 0.001 - 0.003 % EU AND 0.0015 - 0.0019 % U
Result 2 SAMPLES OF COALY SHALE GAVE 70.1 AND 74.65 % ASH

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Coal
    Rock unit name Wayan Formation-Shale, Clay, Coal
    Rock description Wayan Formation-Shale, Clay, Coal

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.72612, 43.45681

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 17 DEG W
    Dip 31 DEG NE
    Thickness 2.29M
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Discoverer Canyon Coal Mining Company

Mining district

District name Willow Creek - Caribou District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Miller

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 47.24M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL TRENDS N 76 DEG E

Comments on development

  • TOTAL$: 0.0085 ; DEV$: 0.006 ; EXPAN$: 0.0025

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE, C. N., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNEVILLE COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT NO. 5 , P. 66

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1904 , REPORT ON THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1903

  • Deposit

    MANSFIELD, G. R., 1920 , COAL IN EASTERN IDAHO: USGS BULL. 716-F, P. 133

  • Deposit

    VINE, J. D., 1959 , GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS IN CARBONACEOUS ROCKS OF THE FALL CREEK AREA, BONNEVILLE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1055-I

  • Deposit

    1904 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1903

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON G. R. MANSFIELD, BULL. 716-F

  • Deposit

    1952 RECON J. D. VINE AND G. W. MOORE, CIRC. 212

  • Deposit

    1959 RECON J. D. VINE, BULL. 1055-I

  • Deposit

    1961 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. NO. 5

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Fabiyi, E. E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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