Mine detail: Surprise Group

Previously called 'Wilhite UraniumBitterroot Uranium Co.Mathis-Dean Property'

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Location

Lat / long: 45.55629, -113.96703

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper, Iron, Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Torbernite
Gangue: Chalcedony, Hematite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR , IRREGULAR, BUNCHES
Discovery year: 1952

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host rock:Lemhi
Host type:Quartzite
Associated rock:Challis Volcanics
Associated type:Ignimbrite

References

MRDSM060182
MAS160590124
DEP10042408
Reference{Deposit:: Cook, E.F., 1957, Radioactive Minerals In Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Mineral Resources Rpt. No. 8, P. 1}{Deposit:: Umpleby, USGS Bull 528.}{Deposit:: Anderson, A. L., 1958 , Uranium, Thorium, Columbium, And Rare Earth Deposits In The Salmon Region, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 115 , 81 P.}{Deposit:: Della Valle R. S., 1975, Uranium Mineralization In Lemhi County. Idaho: New York City, Queens College, M. S. Thesis, 125 P.}{Deposit:: 1957 Direxpl Bitterroot Uranium Co.}{Deposit:: 1958 Recon Weis, Armstrong, Rosenblum, Bulletin 1074-B}{Deposit:: 1970 Direxpl Gulf Mineral Resources, Inc, Della Valle Thesis}{Deposit:: Powers, H.A., 1955, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open File Report}{Reserve-Resource:: Anderson, A. L., 1958 , Idaho Bur Mines And Geology Pamph 115 , 81 P. Staley, W. W., 1955 , Idaho Bur Mines And Geology Open - File Rept.}
ReporterPuffett, Willard P., Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)