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Copper Edge Property

Occurrence in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010234
MRDS ID D003813
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Edge Property
Alternate or previous names Copper Age Property
Related records 10290546

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.55321, 47.34627 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 4.9 MI SW OF SALTESE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adair(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 046N 007E 10 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG BOUNDARY LINE RD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Siderite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.55321, 47.34627
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Scale Nw Trending Dioritic Sill (Wishards) And Fault (Gilt Edge) With Lateral Displacement Of About 250 Ft

Ore body information

  • Strike N 65 DEG W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSITS IN VICINITY ARE TYPICALLY CHALCOPYRITE-DOLOMITE VEINS FILLING STEEPLY DIPPING EASTWARD TRENDING FRACTURES. ALTHOUGH THERE EXISTS WITHIN THE AREA A SPATIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COPPER BEARING VEINS AND THE WILSHARDS SILL, NO OTHER EVIDENCE EXISTS WHICH SUGGESTS A DIRECT GENETIC CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name St. Regis District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name St. Joe National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALKINS, F. C. AND JONES, E. L. JR., 1914 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE REGION AROUND MULLAN, IDAHO, AND SALTESE, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 540 , P. 196 .

  • Deposit

    WALLACE, R. E. AND HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , RECONNAISANCE GEOLOGY OF WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1027-M, P. 607 , PL. 48 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CU MINERALS PRESENT IN ONLY MINOR AMOUNTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Rojstaczer, Stuart A. U.S. Geological Survey

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