Abbie Lou Prospects

Prospect 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089179
MRDS ID W014163
MAS/MILS ID 0160370389
Record type Site
Current site name Abbie Lou Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.82673, 44.26519 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 6 MI SW 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 21 SE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED SW OF BASIN CREEK LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pitchblende Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result MAXIMUM RADIOACTIVITY WAS 1.70 MILLIROENTGENS/HR. 3 6 INCH SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.34 % U3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite.;Quartz Latite Dike
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite.;Quartz Latite Dike
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.82673, 44.26519

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracturing That Strikes N 80 Deg E And Dips 80 Deg Sw

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 80 DEG E
    Dip 80 DEG SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Closely Spaced Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer Patton

Mining district

District name Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ralph Patton, Maurice Patterson, John Benzer

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS ARE VERY SMALL, AND LITTLE ADDITIONAL EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF AREA HAS BEEN DONE

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: STRINGERS OF PITCHBLENDE TOO SMALL TO MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHOATE, RAOUL, 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STANLEY AREA: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 126, P. 5

  • Deposit

    1962 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 12

  • Deposit

    IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 117, 1956, P. 30.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3, NO. 383, P. 196.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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