Deer Strike and Elk Mine

The Deer Strike and Elk Mine is a uranium mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,001 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Deer Strike and Elk Mine
Secondary: Deer Strike

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/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Melvin Peterson And William Brooks

Owner Name: Phillips Petroleum Co.

Production

Year: 1960
Time Period: 1959-1960
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.23% U3o8

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Year First Production: 1959
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: R
Description: Idaho Batholith

Type: L
Description: Bedding Plane Faults, Cross Bedding, Graded Bedding, Faulting

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GREATEST MINERALIZATION CONTAINS 0.30% U3O8.

Materials

Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Coffinite
Gangue: Marcasite

Comments

Comment (Development): 3 Claims

Comment (Workings): Workings Consist of 5 Drilling Benches, An Underground Mine, 35 Churn Drill Holes

Comment (Deposit): The Sinous Shade of the Radioactive Anomaly Suggests That the Ore Body May Occupy A Former Stream Channel. In the Northeast Drift, Beds Strike Northwest and Dip Southwest; In the Northwest Drift, Beds Strike Northeast and Dip 10 - 35 Deg To the Southwest.

Comment (Deposit): Mineralization Is Proportional To Carbonaceous Material Present In the Sediments

Comment (Location): At Head of Small Tributary of Coal Cr.

References

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

Reference (Deposit): 1962 Geolmap Ida. Bur. Mines And Geol. Pamph. 12

Reference (Reserve-Resource): Choate, Raoul, 1962, Idaho Bur. Mines And Geol. Pamphlet 126, P. 60.

Reference (Production): Choate, Raoul, 1962, Idaho Bur. Mines And Geol. Pamplet 126, P. 60.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bur. Mines Open-File Report Mla 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 386, P. 198.

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