Copper King Mine

Past Producer in Latah 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072072
MRDS ID W015902
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King Mine
Related records 10241812

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.49683, 46.99456 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 8.5 MI NE OF DEARY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Abes Knob(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Potlatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palouse(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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 Latah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 042N 001W 08 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1000 FT SE OF MIZPAH MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation; Epidote;

Analytical data

Result ASSAY RETURNS OF 1-2% CU OVER WIDTH OF 30 FT. IN OPEN CUT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Hornblende-Diorite Sill
    Rock description Hornblende-Diorite Sill
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Quartzite And Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.49683, 46.99456

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 90 DEG

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hoodoo District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Clearwater National Forest (Palouse RD of St. Joe National Forest)

Comments on the production information

  • FEW TONS OF ORE SHIPPED FROM CUT. CU ORE PRODUCTION REPORTED IN 1905.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on development

  • DIAMOND DRILLING IN 1920

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, D. C., AND LANEY, F. B., 1920, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE SEVEN DEVILS AND ADJACENT DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 1, 105 P

  • Deposit

    1920 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL.

  • Production

    LIVINGSTON, D. C., AND LANEY, F. B., 1920, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 1, 105 P.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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