Copper Glance Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold
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. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070508
MRDS ID W013469
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Glance Mine
Alternate or previous names Idaho
Related records 10192645

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.50343, 44.97068 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 1.5 MI SE OF YELLOWJACKET (TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yellowjacket(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(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 019N 017E 18 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON RIDGE BETWEEN YELLOWJACKET AND TRAIL CREEKS NEAR HEAD OF ANDERSON GULCH; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = ELK CITY 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.50343, 44.97068

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL GRANULES
    Strike N 55 DEG E
    Dip 70 DEG NW
    Length 9.14M
  • General form SMALL GRANULES
    Dip 70 DEG NW
  • General form SMALL GRANULES
    Dip 70 DEG NW
  • General form SMALL GRANULES
    Dip 70 DEG NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures Or Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901
Discoverer J.E. And C.C. Anderson

Mining district

District name Yellowjacket District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. J. Kurry And F. A. Mc Call

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Period 1929, 1941
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^8% Pb, 19% Cu, 0.66 Oz Au, 33 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 8wt-pct
    Ore Copper Copper 19wt-pct
    Major Ore Gold Gold 19g/mt
    Ore Silver Silver 932g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 92.96M
    Overall depth 9.14M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, ALFRED L., 1953, GOLD-COPPER-LEAD DEPOSITS IN THE YELLOWJACKET DISTRICT, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 94, 41 P

  • Deposit

    1953 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 9

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A.L., 1953, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 94, 41 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SECOND MINERALIZED ZONE STRIKES N 5 DEG E, DIPS GENTLY E.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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