The Dot Claims is a mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,699 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: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 45.5606, -113.97060
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Dot Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dot Claims
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Gibbonsville 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: Salmon National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1955
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: Beaverhead Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SMALL IRREGULAR COATINGS
Form: SMALL IRREGULAR COATINGS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Torbernite
Comments
Comment (Location): .85 MI N32E OF GRANITE MTN LOOKOUT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)
Comment (Development): DRILL HOLE DISCLOSED THAT U MINERALIZATION CEASES WITHIN 14 FT. OF SURFACE
References
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., 1958, URANIUM, THORIUM, COLUMBIUM, AND RARE EARTH DEPOSITS IN THE SALMON REGION, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 115, 81 P
Reference (Deposit): 1958 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 11
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