Sullivan Uranium Prospect

Prospect in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Uranium, Lead, Gold, Thorium, Zinc
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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096290
MRDS ID W014047
MAS/MILS ID 0160590394
Record type Site
Current site name Sullivan Uranium Prospect
Alternate or previous names Frosty Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.77404, 44.83928 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Relative position ON RIDGE BETWEEN BIG AND LITTLE APAREJO CREEKS 5 MI WNW OF WOODTICK SUMMIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ramey Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork 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)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 017N 014E 01 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On S. Side Of Mid. Fk. Salmon River About 1/4 Mi Upstream From Mouth Of Cub Creek Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using GIS Overlay Analysis With USFS Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Uranium Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Uranium Mineral Occur In Shear Zones In Pink Tertiary Granite. The Shear Zone Is Brecciated And Radioactive And Contains Gray Sugary Quartz, Pyrite, Fluorite, Arsenopyrite Or Pyrrhotite, And Thorite (?). Inferred Low-Grade Uranium-Thorium Material Total An Estimated 20,879.4 Metric Tonnes, Averaging About 0.004% U3o8, 3.4 Grams Silver Per Tonne, 0.1% Lead, And 0.2% Zinc.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Thorite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe Stain

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Casto Pluton-Granite
    Rock description Casto Pluton-Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Dolomitic Marble
    Rock description Dolomitic Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.77404, 44.83928

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Brecciation

Ore body information

  • Strike N 43 DEG E
    Dip 70 DEG NW
    Length 182.88M
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones
  • Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original Structures entry:
    Local - Brecciation
  • Original ore control entry:
    Shear Zones, Mineralized Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1956
Discoverer Bill Sullivan And Associates

Mining district

District name Middle Fork District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Comments on development

  • 8 Lode Claims (4 On Each Side Of Mid. Fk. Salmon River)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Second Shear Zone Trends N 50 Deg E, Dips 60 To 80 Deg Se

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 29-OCT-1992 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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