The Big Hank Claims is a mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.2806, -114.77810
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Big Hank Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Hank Claims
Secondary: Pine Hen
Secondary: Little Spring
Secondary: Side Hill
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: Rare Metals Corp., Sidney Mining Co.
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: IRREGULAR PODS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Nw Trending Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Fe - Oxide Stains; Hydrothermal; Kaolinization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RANDOM SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.05% U3O8
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): 2 COLD SPRINGS IN AREA ARE ANOMALOUSLY RADIOACTIVE
References
Reference (Deposit): IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 126, 1962, P. 55-56, 72-73.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3, NO. 395, P. 200.
Reference (Deposit): KERN, B. F., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE URANIUM DEPOSITS NEAR STANLEY, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 117, 40 P
Reference (Deposit): 1959 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 11
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