The Lightning No. 2 Mine is a uranium mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,700 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,700 Feet (2,347 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 44.3111, -114.87670
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Lightning No. 2 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lightning No. 2 Mine
Secondary: Little Bill Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Gold
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Bill Brooks, Melvin Peterson
Owner Name: Henry Childs
Production
Year: 1960
Time Period: 1959-1960
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.15% - 0.18% U3o8
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Slickensides; Main Fractures Dip 65 Deg Ne
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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: 0.5% TI
Analytical Data: 1.22% U3O8
Analytical Data: 0.4% BA
Analytical Data: 0.2% MO
Analytical Data: TEST DRILL HOLE CORE HAD 1.42 % U3O8
Analytical Data: 0.09% CE
Analytical Data: 0.07% SB
Analytical Data: 0.04% MN
Analytical Data: 0.04% LA
Analytical Data: 0.01% PB
Analytical Data: 0.09% SR. RADIOACTIVITY RANGED FROM 0.02 - 2.00 MILLIROENTGENS/HR
Analytical Data: TEST DRILL HOLE CORE HAD 1.42 % U3O8 RADIOACTIVITY RANGED FROM 0.02 - 2.00 MILLIROENTGENS/HR
Analytical Data: 3% ZN
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE 4% FE
Materials
Ore: Pitchblende
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): 61 Total Claims In Lightning, Aspen, and Copperite.
Comment (Location): Just S. of Hay Creek, Less Than 50 Ft. Above Creek Level and Few Hundred Ft. E. of Basin Creek
References
Reference (Production): Choate, R., 1962, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126, 122 P.
Reference (Deposit): Choate, R., 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126, 122 P
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