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Peacock 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071992
MRDS ID W015793
Record type Site
Current site name Peacock Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.68011, 45.24989 (WGS84)
Elevation 1905
Relative position 3.5 MI NE OF LEADORE ON OLD SALMON RD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bohannon Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(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 016N 026E 24 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.68011, 45.24989
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOSSAN BELOW AND ABOVE CARBONIFEROUS SHALE BED; COUNTRY ROCK IS LIMESTONE, ORE SEEMS TO BE UNDER THE BLACK SHALE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Junction District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner J. E. Stephenson

Production statistics

  • Year 1961
    Period 1959-1961
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^9 - 14 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Copper Copper 12wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PIT SHOWS SHIPPING ORE IN SIGHT AS WELL AS GOOD PROSPECTS FOR MORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STALEY, W. W., 1962, PEACOCK PROSPECT: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT

  • Deposit

    1962 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT

  • Production

    STALEY, W. W., 1962, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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