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Whimpey Cr. Cu Prospect

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013563
MRDS ID D009927
Record type Site
Current site name Whimpey Cr. Cu Prospect
Alternate or previous names Mendota Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.61761, 45.19019 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position 13.8 MI N86E OF SALMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldstone Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(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

Salmon-Challis National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 022N 024E 33 NE OF SW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • N. SIDE OF THE HEAD OF W. FORK OF WIMPEY CR ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Lemhi
    Rock description Lemhi
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.61761, 45.19019
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Mining district

District name Eldorado District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL LONG ADITS, ALL CAVED (1980)

Comments on development

  • 5-STAMP MILL BUILT IN LATE 1870'S OR EARLY 1880'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOREST SERVIC FILES, D.W. PETERS, SALMON, ID

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Peters, Donald W. U.S. Forest Service
Updater 01-FEB-1985 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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