The Lightning No. 3 Prospect is a mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.3167, -114.86970
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Lightning No. 3 Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lightning No. 3 Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Stanley 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: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Bill Brooks And Melvin Peterson
Owner Name: Vitro - Idaho Minerals
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: LENS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fracturing In Underlying Quartz Monzonite Rock.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE OF VITRAIN AND CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL WAS 11.15% U3O8
Analytical Data: CHANNEL SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.398% U3O8
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): On Slope N of Hay Cr 0.7 Mi By Road From Turnoff At Hay and Basin Creeks
Comment (Workings): Development Consists of Seven Drilling Benches.
Comment (Development): Econ.Com: Mineralization Too Low To Permit Mining
References
Reference (Deposit): Choate, Raoul, 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126, 126 P
Reference (Deposit): 1962 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126
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