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Smith Prospect

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Uranium, Thorium, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096355
MRDS ID W015078
MAS/MILS ID 0160590035
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.10483, 45.36849 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 3.75 MI SE OF INDIANOLA RANGER STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Napoleon Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 024N 020E 33 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • .75 Mi S Of The Salmon River On N Side Of A Western Tributary Of Moose Cr.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Thorium Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.003% URANIUM, 0.16% EU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock type qualifier Dike
    Rock description Dike-Diorite;Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss > Felsic Gneiss > Granitic Gneiss
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Granite Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Augen gneiss.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 DEG E
    Dip 90 DEG
    Length 121.92M
    Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • Granite Gneiss Is Large Inclusion Or Roof Pendant In Idaho Batholith
  • Original ore control entry:
    Contact - Metamorphic Zone Between Dike And Granite Gneiss

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gibbonsville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Smith, A. S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Trite, A. F., Jr., And Tooker, E. W., 1953, Uranium And Thorium Deposits In East Central Idaho, Southwestern Montana: USGS Bulletin 988-H, P. 157 - 209

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Bainbridge, Terri L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 07-JUN-1996 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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