The Wilcox Prospect is a uranium mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,180 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: 4,180 Feet (1,274 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 45.3503, -113.91220
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Wilcox Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wilcox Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: North Fork Area
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: W. Wilcox
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1955
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Role: Associated
Description: Tuffaceous Rocks
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): Caved Adit, Flooded Incline Shaft, Bulldozer Trenches
Comment (Location): On Unnamed Stream Between Diamond And Bird Cr
Comment (Commodity): Some Radioactivity (Double Background); It May Be Associated With Plant And Woody Matter In Tuffaceous Rocks.
Comment (Geology): Volcanic Rocks Strike NW And Dip 35 Deg NE. Kenny Beds Strike NNW And Dip 8 Deg E. Geertson Beds Strike Due E And Dip 5 Deg S.
Comment (Geology): Original ore control entry: Contact Between Tuff And Flow.
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
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