The Nest Egg is a uranium mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho.
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Mine Info
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Nest Egg MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nest Egg
Secondary: Magnum Mining Corp.
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: May Area
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Magnum Mining Corp. (C. Sanderlin, President, W. Ludahl, Project Supervisor)
Years: 1957 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Lemhi Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): Located between May and Ellis on the W slope of the Lemhi Range
Comment (Development): 16 Unpatented Claims, (Nest Egg 1-3, Magnum 1-13) DMEA Loan Application made in 1957 (Pocket No. 4599).
Comment (Deposit): Uranium minerals occur as coatings on fractures within a basal conglomerate
Comment (Workings): Several pits blasted by drilling holes with hand steel
Comment (Deposit): For more information see DMEA Pocket No. 4599 (1957)
References
Reference (Deposit): COMMODITY FILES, USGS, SPOKANE, WA
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