The Hottentot Claims is a mine located in Bonner county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,199 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: 3,199 Feet (975 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 48.4964, -116.39060
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Hottentot Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hottentot Claims
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Bonner
District: Clark Fork District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Kaniksu National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: J. E. Breinich
Owner Name: Don Samuelson
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
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
Type: L
Description: Shears And Joints; Pegmatite Lit - Par - Lit Injection
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericite, Local Segregations Of Biotite, Limonite Stains
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: LOCALLY, GEIGER COUNTERS RECORD 10 TIMES BACKGROUND COUNT ON PEGMATITE
Materials
Gangue: Microcline
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Muscovite
Comments
Comment (Development): 8 CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): PEGMATITE DIKE SEVERAL THOUSAND FT LONG
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL EXPLORATION PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): SAVAGE, C. N., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF BONNER COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT, NO. 6, 131 P.
Reference (Deposit): POWERS, HAROLD A., 1956, HOTTENTOT #1 & 2: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): 1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. O. F. REPT.
Reference (Deposit): 1967 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. CO. REPT. 6
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