The Sullivan Uranium Prospect is a silver mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,101 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,101 Feet (1,250 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 44.8394, -114.77310
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Sullivan Uranium Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sullivan Uranium Prospect
Secondary: Frosty Claim
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Middle Fork 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Discovery Year: 1956
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Structure: Brecciation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Fe Stain
Alteration Text: Fe Stain
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Thorite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Development): 8 Lode Claims (4 On Each Side Of Mid. Fk. Salmon River)
Comment (Deposit): Second Shear Zone Trends N 50 Deg E, Dips 60 To 80 Deg Se
Comment (Location): On S. Side Of Mid. Fk. Salmon River About 1/4 Mi Upstream From Mouth Of Cub Creek Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using GIS Overlay Analysis With USFS Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.
Comment (Geology): Original Structures entry: Local - Brecciation
Comment (Geology): Original ore control entry: Shear Zones, Mineralized Fractures
Comment (Commodity): Uranium Mineral Occur In Shear Zones In Pink Tertiary Granite. The Shear Zone Is Brecciated And Radioactive And Contains Gray Sugary Quartz, Pyrite, Fluorite, Arsenopyrite Or Pyrrhotite, And Thorite (?). Inferred Low-Grade Uranium-Thorium Material Total An Estimated 20,879.4 Metric Tonnes, Averaging About 0.004% U3o8, 3.4 Grams Silver Per Tonne, 0.1% Lead, And 0.2% Zinc.
References
Reference (Deposit): Cater, F. W., And Others, 1973, Mineral Resources Of The Idaho Primitive Area And Vicinity, Idaho: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1304, 431 P.
Reference (Deposit): Choate, R., 1961, Sullivan Uranium Claims: Ida. Bureau Of Mines - Geol. Open - File Report.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-480, P. 144.
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