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Uranium Deposit

Occurrence in Cassia county in Idaho, United States with commodity Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089069
MRDS ID W012836
MAS/MILS ID 0160310071
Record type Site
Current site name Uranium Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.00698, 42.10461 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 38 MI. SW. TWIN FALLS, 8 MI. N OF UTAH BORDER, NEAR 114 DEG LINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cassia(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ibex Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rogerson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Twin Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Goose(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Cassia

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 015S 021E 21 SW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE BED CONTAINED 0.09% URANIUM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Idavada Volcanics-Carbonaceous Shale, Lignite, Limestone
    Rock description Idavada Volcanics-Carbonaceous Shale, Lignite, Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.00698, 42.10461
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1945

Mining district

District name Goose Creek Dist.

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Deposit Not Of Economic Importance, Except As Possible Sources Of Placer Deposits; Low-Grade.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Armstrong, F. C., 1964, Mineral Resources - Uranium, In Mineral And Water Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Special Report No. 1, P. 238

  • Deposit

    Twin Falls Quad, IBMG 1982 Mine And Prospect Map Series, V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: POST WORLD WAR II

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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