The Naples Prospect is a uranium mine located in Boundary county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,100 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 3,100 Feet (945 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 48.53921, -116.34500
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Naples Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Naples Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Boundary
District: Moyie Yaak District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1953
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Cabinet Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Fe - Oxides, Ferruginous Clay
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Production): No Production (Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology)
References
Reference (Deposit): Cook, Earl Ferguson, 1955, Prospecting For Uranium, Thorium, And Tungsten In Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet, No. 102, 53 P.
Reference (Deposit): Weis, Paul L., Armstrong, Frank C., And Rosenblum, Samuel, 1958, Reconnaissance For Radioactive Minerals In Washington, Idaho, And Western Montana, 1952 - 1955: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1074 - B, 48 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1953 Recon F. C. Armstrong Bulletin 1074 - B
Reference (Deposit): 1955 Other Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 102
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