The Brinson Coal Prospect is a mine located in Bonneville county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,200 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
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 43.4569, -111.72530
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Brinson Coal Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Brinson Coal Prospect
Secondary: Miller Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Coal
Location
State: Idaho
County: Bonneville
District: Willow Creek - Caribou District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Miller
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Sedimentary
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Physiographic Detail: Caribou Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Minor Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Clay, Mud
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Name: Clay, Mud
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Name: Clay, Mud
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TRACE OF SULFUR ALSO
Analytical Data: THE COAL BED ANALYSED ABOVE IS SHALY AND GYPSUM BEARING
Analytical Data: THE QUALITY IS POOR
Analytical Data: 3 GRAB SAMPLES OF COALY SHALE AND LIMESTONE GAVE 0.001 - 0.003 % EU AND 0.0015 - 0.0019 % U
Analytical Data: 2 SAMPLES OF COALY SHALE GAVE 70.1 AND 74.65 % ASH
Materials
Ore: Coal
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL TRENDS N 76 DEG E
Comment (Development): TOTAL$: 0.0085 ; DEV$: 0.006 ; EXPAN$: 0.0025
Comment (Location): EAST SIDE OF WILLOW CREEK IN VALLEY BOTTOM
References
Reference (Deposit): SAVAGE, C. N., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNEVILLE COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT NO. 5 , P. 66
Reference (Deposit): BELL, R. N., 1904 , REPORT ON THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1903
Reference (Deposit): MANSFIELD, G. R., 1920 , COAL IN EASTERN IDAHO: USGS BULL. 716-F, P. 133
Reference (Deposit): VINE, J. D., 1959 , GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS IN CARBONACEOUS ROCKS OF THE FALL CREEK AREA, BONNEVILLE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1055-I
Reference (Deposit): 1904 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1903
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON G. R. MANSFIELD, BULL. 716-F
Reference (Deposit): 1952 RECON J. D. VINE AND G. W. MOORE, CIRC. 212
Reference (Deposit): 1959 RECON J. D. VINE, BULL. 1055-I
Reference (Deposit): 1961 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. NO. 5
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