Copper Occurrence

Occurrence in Owyhee 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070291
MRDS ID W013120
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.82097, 43.06158 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 3 MI N OF DELAMAR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

De Lamar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murphy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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 Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004S 004W 21 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Analytical data

Result SEMI - QUANTITATIVE ANALYSES OF SPECIMENS SHOW 0.02 - 0.03% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Silver City Granite
    Rock description Silver City Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.82097, 43.06158

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults Or Fracture Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Carson District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHER, R. R., 1968, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF A PORTION OF THE SILVER CITY REGION, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 138, 106 P.

  • Deposit

    PANSZE, A. J., JR., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER CITY-DELAMAR-FLINT REGION, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 161 , 79 P.

  • Deposit

    1968 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 138

  • Deposit

    1968 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 161

  • Deposit

    1974 GEOCHEM IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 162

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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