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Copper King Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071951
MRDS ID W015737
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King Mine
Related records 10217035

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.6203, 44.89489 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 4 MI N OF LEMHI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Agency Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(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

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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 018N 024E 16 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON STEEP VALLEY SLOPE JUST E OF LEMHI RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Lemhi Quartzite-Quartzite (Impure)
    Rock description Lemhi Quartzite-Quartzite (Impure)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.6203, 44.89489
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 85 DEG E
    Dip 65 DEG NW
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZITE STRIKES N 20 DEG W, DIPS 40 DEG NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1957
Discoverer Relocated By A. D. Johnson, G. J. Murdock

Mining district

District name Mcdevitt District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Johnson, A. D. And Murdock, G. J.

Comments on the workings information

  • DUMP SIZE INDICATES ADITS SEVERAL HUNDRED FT LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LEMHI QUADRANGLE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 124, 111 P

  • Deposit

    1961 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPH 12

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1961, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 124

Reporter information

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

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