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Lenty Uranium Prospect

Occurrence in Benewah 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093714
MRDS ID W019494
MAS/MILS ID 0160090009
Record type Site
Current site name Lenty Uranium Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.87525, 47.24766 (WGS84)
Elevation 945
Relative position 5.5 MI N OF TENSED; 3 MI E OF HWY 95

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Benewah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tensed(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Maries(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hangman(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Benewah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 045N 004W 08,17,18 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • W Side Windfall Pass

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Missoula Group-Siltstone, Shaly Sandstone, Clays
    Rock description Missoula Group-Siltstone, Shaly Sandstone, Clays
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.87525, 47.24766
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Benewah Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gordon Lenty, Fred Crowe, John And Luis Denoo
  • Type Owner
    Owner Morrison, Higby, Burton

Comments on development

  • 1500 Acres

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Powers, Harold, And Hubbard, Charles R., 1955 , Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Report, 3 P

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Spokane Quad, Location No. 151

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 23-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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