Coal Creek Mine

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

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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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