Coal Creek Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105685
MRDS ID W014133
MAS/MILS ID 10265904
Record type Site
Current site name Coal Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names No. 1, No. 4, No. 10 Claims, Coal Creek Nos. 1, 4, and 10 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.82763, 44.28379 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 5.5 MI NE OF LOWER STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Basin Creek(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 014E 16 NW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Analytical data

Result HIGHEST GRADE ORE ASSAYED ABOUT 4.0% U3O8 (COAL CREEK NO. 4)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics-Arkosic Conglomerate
    Rock description Challis Volcanics-Arkosic Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.82763, 44.28379

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
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 Phillips Petroleum Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bill Brooks And Melvin Peterson

Production statistics

  • Year 1958
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.25 % U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • COAL CR NO. 10 - 7 CHURN DRILL HOLES WERE DRILLED 2 REVEALED MINERALIZED ROCK, 5 WERE BARREN.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: COAL CREEK NO. 10 NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO WARRANT MINING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHOATE, RAOUL, 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STANLEY AREA: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 126, 120 P.

  • Production

    KERN, B. F., 1959, IDA. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 117, P. 29.

  • Deposit

    KERN, B. F., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE URANIUM DEPOSITS NEAR STANLEY, CUSTER COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 117, 40 P.

  • Deposit

    1959 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 117

  • Deposit

    1962 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 126

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3, NO. 385, P. 197.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Steigner, William D.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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