Mine detail: Alta Prospects

Previously called 'McClureAlta'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.28739, -114.78653

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Silver, Antimony, Gold
Ore:	Pitchblende, Stibnite, Uranophane
Gangue:	Chalcedony, Quartz
Orebody form:	LINEAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:	Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Pegmatite Dikes
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Pegmatite
Structure:	Idaho Batholith, Fault, Slickensides Plunge 15 Deg E, Brecciated, Gouge
Alteration processes:	Sericitization, Kaolinization

References

MRDS	W014157
MAS	160370380
DEP	10070991
Reference	{Deposit:: CHOATE, RAOUL, 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STANLEY AREA: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 126, 120 P.}{Deposit:: KERN, B. F., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE URANIUM DEPOSITS NEAR STANLEY, CUSTER COUNTY: IDAHO BUR MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 117, 40 P.}{Deposit:: 1959 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 117}{Deposit:: 1962 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 126}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3, NO. 390, P. 199.}
Reporter	Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat