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Copper Basin Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071918
MRDS ID W015689
MAS/MILS ID 160370611
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Basin Mine
Alternate or previous names Reed and Davidson Property, Mackay Standard

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.815, 43.8081 (WGS84)
Elevation 2469
Relative position 12.5 MI SW OF MACKAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Basin Knob(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Lost(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 022E 34 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • SE part of Copper Basin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Diopside Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Leaching

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Dikes-Aplite, Granite Porphyry;Challis Volcanics-Rhyolite, Quartz Latite
    Rock description Dikes-Aplite, Granite Porphyry;Challis Volcanics-Rhyolite, Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Cu Basin Formation: Quartzitic & Calcareous Shl, Sla, & Limestone
    Rock description Cu Basin Formation: Quartzitic & Calcareous Shl, Sla, & Lst
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.815, 43.8081
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, STRINGERS
    Thickness 1.83M
    Width 9.75M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartzite Bedding And Joint Planes; Dikes

Comments on the geologic information

  • Host Rock Is Aged Mississippian By Sweeney (1957) Ordovician By Ross (1930), and Paleozoic By Umpleby (1917); Ross Puts Age of Mineralization At Late Miocene Or Pliocene, Umpleby Calls It Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary, and Sweeney Calls It Post-Mississippian and Pre-Oligocene-Miocene

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1888
Discoverer A. B. Reed And R. M. Davidson

Mining district

District name Copper Basin District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Virgil L. Hartvigsen
    First year 1957

Comments on the production information

  • A small amount of Cu ore was produced in 1938.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 80.77M

Comments on development

  • 9 Unpatented Claims.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Sweeney, G. T., 1957, Geology Of Copper Basin, Custer County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M. S. Thesis, 66 P.

  • Deposit

    Ross, C. P., 1930, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Seafoam, Alder Creek, Little Smoky And Willow Creek Mining Districts, Custer And Camas Counties, Idaho: Idaho Bur. Mines And Geology Pamph. 33, 26 P.

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., 1917, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Mackay Region, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 97, 129 P.

  • Deposit

    Nelson, W. H., And Ross, C. P., 1968, Geology Of Part Of The Alder Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bull. 1252-A, 30 P.

  • Deposit

    Bell, R. N., 1918, Nineteenth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1917

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1939, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, And Zinc In Idaho: USBM Mineral Yearbook For 1938, P. 335-358

  • Deposit

    1917 Geolmap Umpleby, J. B., Prof. Paper 97

  • Deposit

    1930 Geolmap Idaho Bur. Mines And Geology Pamph 33

  • Deposit

    1968 Geolmap Nelson, W. H. And Ross, C. P., Bull. 1252-A

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bur. Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-4, No. 595, P. 243.

  • Production

    Ross, C. P., 1930, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Seafoam, Alder Creek, Little Smoky, And Willow Creek Mining Districts, Custer And Camas Counties, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 33, 26 P; Item 1, USBM, 1939, Mineral Yearbook For 1938

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1977-03-01 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1995-03-01 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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