The God Send To Health Mine is a mine located in Bonneville county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 43.3614, -111.53830
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God Send To Health Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: God Send To Health Mine
Secondary: Joseph Smith Coal Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Coal
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Bonneville
District: Willow Creek - Caribou 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: Caribou National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Sedimentary
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1922
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Caribou Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Much Folding And Faulting Which Leads To Punching Out And Displacement Of Beds, Gouge, E Flank Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 48 SAMPLES AVG. 0.045 % U IN TOP 1 FT OF COAL AND 0.082 % IN ASH
Analytical Data: 1 COAL SAMPLE HAD 0.053 % U IN COAL AND 0.31 % U IN ASH
Materials
Ore: Coal
Comments
Comment (Location): E SIDE OF PATTERSON CREEK, W OF FALL CREEK RANGER STATION
Comment (Workings): 4 OPENINGS
Comment (Development): KIRKHAM GIVES LOCATION AS TIN, R42E, NE 1/4 NW 1/4 SECT. 31 ; ECON.COM: MINE IS REPORTED TO HAVE CURATIVE POWERS BECAUSE OF THE RADIOACTIVE NATURE OF THE CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
References
Reference (Deposit): SAVAGE, C. N., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNEVILLE COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. NO. 5 , P. 66
Reference (Deposit): KIRKHAM, R. D., 1928 , BRIEF PAPERS ON GEOLOGIC FIELD WORK IN IDAHO DURING 1927: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 29 , 15 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1927 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 19
Reference (Deposit): 1928 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 29
Reference (Deposit): 1952 RECON VINE, J. D., AND MOORE, G. W., CIRC. 212
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