The Coal Creek Mine is a uranium mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,001 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: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 44.2839, -114.82670
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Coal Creek Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Coal Creek Mine
Secondary: No. 1
Secondary: No. 4
Secondary: No. 10 Claims
Secondary: Coal Creek Nos. 1, 4, and 10 Claims
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
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: Bill Brooks And Melvin Peterson
Owner Name: Phillips Petroleum Co.
Production
Year: 1958
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^.25 % U3o8
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
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: LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal
Rocks
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HIGHEST GRADE ORE ASSAYED ABOUT 4.0% U3O8 (COAL CREEK NO. 4)
Materials
Ore: Coffinite
Comments
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: COAL CREEK NO. 10 NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO WARRANT MINING
Comment (Workings): COAL CR NO. 10 - 7 CHURN DRILL HOLES WERE DRILLED 2 REVEALED MINERALIZED ROCK, 5 WERE BARREN.
References
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): 1959 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 117
Reference (Deposit): 1962 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 126
Reference (Production): KERN, B. F., 1959, IDA. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 117, P. 29.
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): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3, NO. 385, P. 197.
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