The E-Dah-How Claim Group is a uranium mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 45.06583, -113.90278
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E-Dah-How Claim Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: E-Dah-How Claim Group
Secondary: Donna Lou
Secondary: Leesburg U Inc.
Secondary: Skyline
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Eureka District
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
Ownership
Owner Name: E. - Dah - How Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uranophane
Ore: Torbernite
Gangue: Andesine
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tridymite
Gangue: Sanidine
Gangue: Orthoclase
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Comments
Comment (Location): 2.3 MI S75W OF POPE-SHENON MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)
Comment (Development): 32 CLAIMS IN GROUP
Comment (Geology): TUFFS STRIKE N 10 TO 15 DEG W, DIP 30 DEG NE.
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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