The H and M Prospects is a uranium mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,999 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: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 44.3067, -114.91580
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H and M Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: H and M Prospects
Secondary: Genesis
Secondary: H & M
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Mercury
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: John Halverson And Kenneth Morgan
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Discovery Year: 1957
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: LINEAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Idaho Batholith
Type: L
Description: Fault Zone Striking N 45 Deg W, Dipping 79 Deg S
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MAXIMUM RADIOACTIVITY WAS 0.10 MILLIROENTGENS/HOUR
Materials
Gangue: Chalcedony
Comments
Comment (Workings): Development Consists of Seven Bulldozer Pits, Largest Pit 100 Ft By 25 Ft By 10 Ft
Comment (Commodity): No Metallic Or Secondary Uranium Minerals Have Been Exposed In the Pits
Comment (Location): Se Slope of Potato Mtn
Comment (Development): 16 Claims
References
Reference (Deposit): Choate, Raoul, 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126, 120 P.
Reference (Deposit): Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer And Blaine Counties, Idaho: USGS Open - File Rept. 648 P.
Reference (Deposit): Kern, B. F., 1959, Geology Of The Uranium Deposits Near Stanley, Custer County: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 117, 40 P.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 359, P. 188.
Reference (Deposit): 1962 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126
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