The Lightning Upper Pit Mine is a uranium mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,699 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 44.3164, -114.87530
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Lightning Upper Pit Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lightning Upper Pit Mine
Secondary: Little Bill Mine
Secondary: Copperite
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Antimony
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
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: Bill Brooks, Melvin Peterson
Owner Name: Vitro Idaho Minerals Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
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 And Fracturing.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pitchblende
Ore: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Location): 400 Ft SE of Lightning No 1 Adit.
Comment (Geology): Fault Zone Attitude N 60 Deg W 70 Deg NE
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., State Of Idaho Pamphlet No. 117, P. 24-25
Reference (Production): Choate, R., 1962, Idaho Bureau Of Mines Pamphlet 126, P. 50.
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