East Basin Mine

The East Basin 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

Name: East Basin Mine  

State:  Idaho

County:  Custer

Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 44.3014, -114.84360

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East Basin Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: East Basin Mine
Secondary: East Basin Creek Group


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

Type: Surface


Ownership

Owner Name: E. K. Evans

Owner Name: Vitro - Idaho Minerals Corp..


Production

Year: 1959
Time Period: 1958-1959
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.19% U3o8


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
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

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: CHEMICAL ANALYSIS INDICATED THE GRADE OF ORE WAS 0.30% U3O8


Materials

Ore: Uraninite
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Development): 11 Claims ; Econ.Com: Much Ground Water Affects Mining

Comment (Workings): Development Concentrated On No. 1 Claim, Bulldozer Cuts


References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): Choate, Raoul, 1962, Idaho Bur. Mines And Geol. Pamph. 126, P. 69.

Reference (Deposit): 1959 Geolmap Ida. Bur. Mines And Geol. Pamph. 117

Reference (Deposit): 1962 Geolmap Ida. Bur. Mines And Geol. Pamph. 126

Reference (Production): Choate, Raoul, 1962, Idaho Bur. Mines And Geol. Pamphlet 126, P. 69

Reference (Deposit): Choate, Raoul, 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area: Idaho Bur. Mines And Geology Pamph. 126, 120 P.

Reference (Deposit): Kern, B. F., 1959, Geology Of The Uranium Deposits Near Stanley, Custer County: Idaho Bur. Mines And Geology Pamph. 117, 40 P.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bur. Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 379, P. 195.


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