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Lightning No. 1 Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089189
MRDS ID W014194
Record type Site
Current site name Lightning No. 1 Mine
Alternate or previous names Little Bill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.88063, 44.31738 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position 3 MI NE OF POTATO MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basin Butte(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 013E 01 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 820 Ft NNE of Lightning No 2 and About 100 Ft Above Basin Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Only 1 Probe Hole Yielded Ore Grade Material In the 43 Ft Adit.

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization Of Granitic Rock

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite, Quartz Monzonite.;Porphyritic Dike
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite, Quartz Monzonite.;Porphyritic Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.88063, 44.31738
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • Fault Zone Strike N 67 Deg E, Dips 65 Deg SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vitro Idaho Minerals Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bill Brooks, Melvin Peterson

Comments on the workings information

  • Adit Follows Fault Contact Between Granitic and Dike Rock

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Choate, Raoul, 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area, Idaho Bur. Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126, 120 P

  • Production

    Choate, R., 1962, Ida. Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 126, P. 49.

Reporter information

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

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