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Lightning No. 2 Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Uranium, Gold, Molybdenum, Zinc
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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. 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. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105684
MRDS ID W014108
Record type Site
Current site name Lightning No. 2 Mine
Alternate or previous names Little Bill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.87763, 44.31098 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position 8 1/4 MI NE OF STANLEY

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

  • Just S. of Hay Creek, Less Than 50 Ft. Above Creek Level and Few Hundred Ft. E. of Basin Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Gold Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pitchblende Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE 4% FE
Result 3% ZN
Result 0.5% TI
Result 0.4% BA
Result 1.22% U3O8
Result 0.2% MO
Result 0.09% CE
Result 0.07% SB
Result 0.04% MN
Result 0.04% LA
Result 0.01% PB
Result 0.09% SR. RADIOACTIVITY RANGED FROM 0.02 - 2.00 MILLIROENTGENS/HR
Result TEST DRILL HOLE CORE HAD 1.42 % U3O8 RADIOACTIVITY RANGED FROM 0.02 - 2.00 MILLIROENTGENS/HR
Result TEST DRILL HOLE CORE HAD 1.42 % U3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    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) -114.87763, 44.31098
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Slickensides; Main Fractures Dip 65 Deg Ne

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 38 DEG W
    Dip 65 DEG NE
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 7.62M
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Series Of Parallel Fractures Within A Fault Zone, Breccia Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Bill Brooks, Melvin Peterson

Mining district

District name Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Henry Childs
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bill Brooks, Melvin Peterson

Production statistics

  • Year 1960
    Period 1959-1960
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.15% - 0.18% U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall length 76.2M

Comments on development

  • 61 Total Claims In Lightning, Aspen, and Copperite.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Choate, R., 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126, 122 P

  • Production

    Choate, R., 1962, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126, 122 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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