| Deposit ID | 10042802 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060838 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0160590195 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pope-Shenon Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Grandview Mine, Eureka |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.85647, 45.07517 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1829 |
| Relative position | 7.3 MI S16E OF SALMON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lemhi(county)
Idaho(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sal Mountain(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Idaho | Lemhi |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise | 020N | 022E | 09 | NWNESE | Idaho |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Copper | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Delafossite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Specularite | Gangue |
| Result | RECENT SHIPMENTS OF CRUDE ORE CONTAIN 2.7% CU, 0.005 AU, 0.3 AG, 75% SIO2 . TWO TO 20 % CU OVER SAMPLE WIDTHS OF 2.5 TO 6 FT, WITH AVERAGE OF 5.5 % CU. SAMPLES SHOWED .3 TO 1.2 OZ AU/TON. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Challis Volcanics-Vitrophyre;Porphyry Dikes | ||||||
| Rock description | Challis Volcanics-Vitrophyre;Porphyry Dikes | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Yellowjacket Formation |
| Rock description | Yellowjacket |
| (1) | -113.85647, 45.07517 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure name | Shear Zones |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure name | Lemhi Range Syncline |
| General form | PINCH AND SWELL, TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 75 E |
| Dip | 75 N |
| Length | 198.12M |
| Width | 6.1M |
| Area | 25HA |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 274.32M |
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1890 |
| Discoverer | Lige Stroud And James Fenning |
| Year of first production | 1908 |
| District name | Eureka District |
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| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Salmon National Forest |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Brough, Fred |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Idaho |
| Year | 1977 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ledbetter, Laura |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Lyon, C. Walker |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mineral Ventures, Ltd. |
| First year | 1971 |
| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1979 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Length | 1828.8M |
| Overall depth | 274.32M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060838 | |
| Idaho Geological Survey | Idaho Mines and Prospects | IMP | DI_130 | http://www.idahogeology.org/ |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0160590195 | data consolidated into this record |
Anderson, A. L., 1956 , Idaho Bur Mines And Geology Pamph 106 , 102 P.
Anderson, A. L. 1943, Copper Mineralization Near Salmon, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 60
Ross, C. P. 1925, The Copper Deposits Near Salmon, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 774, P. 34-37
Anderson, A. L., 1956 , Geology And Mineral Resources Of The Salmon Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 106 , 102 P.
Bell, R. N., 1920 , Twenty-First Annual Report For The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1919 , P. 97 - 100
Eng And Min J. V118, N6, P. 205-8
Office Of Minerals Exploration 6651 (Cu).
Defense Mineral Administration 3112.
Office Of Minerals Exploration 6190.
Umpleby, E.L., 1913, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 528
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Several Parallel Mineralized Shear Zones In Mine, Only Two Of Which Have Been Explored To Any Extent. ; Info.Src : 1 Pub Lit |
| Deposit | Shear Zone May Persist Some Thousands Of Feet; Individual Shears Likely To Die After Few Hundred Feet. Zone Trends N 70 Deg E To S 70 Deg E Alternately, Dips 80 Deg S Or 70 Deg N; Barite Vein Trends N 55 Deg E, Dips 45 Deg Nw |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1973 | Puffett, Willard P. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-APR-1980 | Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 13-OCT-1990 | Kauffman, John D. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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