Lucky Strike Prospects

The Lucky Strike Prospects 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: Lucky Strike Prospects  

State:  Idaho

County:  Custer

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

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 44.2878, -114.83780

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Lucky Strike Prospects MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lucky Strike Prospects


Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite


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: Brooks, William And Peterson, Melvin

Owner Name: Rare Metals Corp. Of America


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Idaho Batholith

Type: L
Description: Faulting; Major Zone Strikes N 45 W


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

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: ORE ANALYZED ABOVE 0.20% U3O8


Materials

Ore: Fluorite


Comments

Comment (Development): 6 Claims

Comment (Workings): Development Consists of Four Bulldozer Cuts and 29 Churn Drill Holes


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): 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): Minobras, 1975, Idaho Industrial Minerals: Minobras, P. 34 - 36.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 381, P. 196.


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