June Bug Claims

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011679
MRDS ID D006766
Record type Site
Current site name June Bug Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.75171, 44.91569 (WGS84)
Elevation 1935
Relative position 6.5 MI. SW OF TENDOY, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poison Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lemhi(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 018N 023E 04,05,08 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN MORMON CANYON, PRIMARILY IN SECTION 5. INCLUDES PART OF JIGGS PROSPECT (ANDERSON, 1961), AS WELL AS MCDEVITT CREEK PROSPECT (ROSS, 1925).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Only Minor Silicification Near Veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Belt Super Group
    Rock description Belt Super Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.75171, 44.91569

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip NE
    Width 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HONEYCOMBED LIMONITIC MATERIAL 0.1-4 FT. WIDE IS COMMONLY ADJACENT TO THE VEIN QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mcdevitt Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Reynold P. Miller
    Home office P.O. Box 936, Homedale, Id.

Comments on the workings information

  • A FEW SHORT ADITS AND DOZER CUTS

Comments on development

  • 58 UNPATENTED CLAIMS (JUNE BUG 1-58) COMPRISED THE PROPERTY IN 1971 WHEN AN O.M.E. LOAN APPLICATION WAS MADE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY FILES, U.S.G.S., SPOKANE, WA

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 744, 44 P.

  • Deposit

    IBMG PAMPH 124, 111 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF NUMEROUS SUB-PARALLEL QUARTZ AND QUARTZ-CARBONATE VEINS WHICH ARE BRECCIATED IN PLACES
Deposit FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE O.M.E. POCKET NO. 6847 (1971). THIS PROPERTY INCLUDES THE JIGGS PROPERTY (W015733) AND THE MCDEVITT CREEK PROPERTY (W026790) BUT ITS LARGER AND THE INFORMATION IS MORE RECENT (1971). ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.