Copper Giant Prospect

Occurrence in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodity Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069943
MRDS ID W007741
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Giant Prospect
Alternate or previous names Copper Standard, Grand Copper
Related records 10216854

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.21635, 48.18157 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 3 MI W OF CLARK FORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clark Fork(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bonner

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 056N 002E 28 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • S. SLOPE OF HOWE MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wallace Form.-Shale And Limy Quartzite
    Rock description Wallace Form.-Shale And Limy Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.21635, 48.18157

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Has Gouge Seam Along Either Wall

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 48 DEG E
    Dip 74 DEG NW
    Length 18.29M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting

Comments on the geologic information

  • WALLACE FORMATION STRIKES N 50 DEG E, DIPS 50 DEG E.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clark Fork District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. N. Von Caron, H. F. Thibaudeau

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 396.24M

Comments on development

  • 5 PATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CLARK FORK DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL., NO. 12, 132 P.

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE, C. N., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNER COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT, NO. 6, 131 P.

  • Deposit

    SOPER, E. K., 1918 , MINING DISTRICTS OF NORTHERN IDAHO: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, V. 116 , P. 121 - 126

  • Deposit

    1930 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 12

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. CO. REPT. 6

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER STANDARD VEIN IS CURVED: STRIKE VARIES N 40 DEG E TO N 55 DEG E, DIP FROM 73 TO 75 DEG NW; AT TOP OF MOUNTAIN, THIS IS KNOWN AS GRAND COPPER VEIN; NUMEROUS OTHER SMALL VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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