Main Diggings Prospects

The Main Diggings Prospects is a mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,001 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Main Diggings Prospects  

State:  Idaho

County:  Custer

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

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 44.2972, -114.91140

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Main Diggings Prospects MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Main Diggings Prospects


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: E. K. Evans


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
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: Partial Silicification


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 OF 0.11 MILLIROENTGENS PER HOUR


Materials

Gangue: Chalcedony


Comments

Comment (Workings): There Are No Surface Indications That Ore Exists Upon the Property; Several Bulldozer Cuts


References

Reference (Deposit): Choate, Raoul, 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126, 120 P.

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): Kern, B. F., 1959, Geology Of The Uranium Deposits Near Stanley, Custer County: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 117, 40 P.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 360, P. 188.


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