Baker and Potato Hill Mine

The Baker and Potato Hill Mine is a uranium mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,001 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

Name: Baker and Potato Hill Mine  

State:  Idaho

County:  Custer

Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 44.3175, -114.89560

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Baker and Potato Hill Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Baker and Potato Hill Mine


Commodity

Primary: 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

Type: Surface


Ownership

Owner Name: Jack Keller, Pete Yarosh

Owner Name: Jerry Korfist


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
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: LINEAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Idaho Batholith


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: MAXIMUM RADIOACTIVITY WAS 2.30 MILLIROENTGENS PER HOUR


Materials

Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Workings): DIAMOND DRILLING

Comment (Location): SECTIONS 10-11-12 OF T11N, R13E INCLUDED; ALSO SECT. 34, 35 OF T 12 N, R 13 E

Comment (Production): HAND PICKED LOBBED ORE


References

Reference (Deposit): 1974 RECON TSCHANZ, C. M., AND OTHERS, OPEN - FILE REPT.

Reference (Production): CHOATE, RAOUL, 1962, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 126, 120 P.

Reference (Deposit): CHOATE, RAOUL, 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STANLEY AREA, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 126, 120 P. 1

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C. M., AND OTHERS, 1974, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, CUSTER AND BLAINE COUNTIES, IDAHO: USGS OPEN - FILE REPT., 648 P.

Reference (Deposit): GRIMM, K. E., 1957, POTATO HILL, STANLEY BASIN AREA: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT.

Reference (Deposit): 1957 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT.

Reference (Deposit): 1962 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 126

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3, NO. 356, P. 187.


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