Sullivan Uranium Prospect

The Sullivan Uranium Prospect is a silver mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,101 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Sullivan Uranium Prospect  

State:  Idaho

County:  Lemhi

Elevation: 4,101 Feet (1,250 Meters)

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 44.8394, -114.77310

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Sullivan Uranium Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Sullivan Uranium Prospect
Secondary: Frosty Claim


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc


Location

State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Middle Fork 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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Discovery Year: 1956
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

Type: L
Structure: Brecciation


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Fe Stain
Alteration Text: Fe Stain


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Thorite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite


Comments

Comment (Development): 8 Lode Claims (4 On Each Side Of Mid. Fk. Salmon River)

Comment (Deposit): Second Shear Zone Trends N 50 Deg E, Dips 60 To 80 Deg Se

Comment (Location): On S. Side Of Mid. Fk. Salmon River About 1/4 Mi Upstream From Mouth Of Cub Creek Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using GIS Overlay Analysis With USFS Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.

Comment (Geology): Original Structures entry: Local - Brecciation

Comment (Geology): Original ore control entry: Shear Zones, Mineralized Fractures

Comment (Commodity): Uranium Mineral Occur In Shear Zones In Pink Tertiary Granite. The Shear Zone Is Brecciated And Radioactive And Contains Gray Sugary Quartz, Pyrite, Fluorite, Arsenopyrite Or Pyrrhotite, And Thorite (?). Inferred Low-Grade Uranium-Thorium Material Total An Estimated 20,879.4 Metric Tonnes, Averaging About 0.004% U3o8, 3.4 Grams Silver Per Tonne, 0.1% Lead, And 0.2% Zinc.


References

Reference (Deposit): Cater, F. W., And Others, 1973, Mineral Resources Of The Idaho Primitive Area And Vicinity, Idaho: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1304, 431 P.

Reference (Deposit): Choate, R., 1961, Sullivan Uranium Claims: Ida. Bureau Of Mines - Geol. Open - File Report.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-480, P. 144.


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