Lolo Copper Prospect

Occurrence in Clearwater county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072118
MRDS ID W015972
Record type Site
Current site name Lolo Copper Prospect
Alternate or previous names Allgood
Related records 10241163

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.12321, 46.35927 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Relative position 3 MI SE OF GREER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clearwater(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woodland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Orofino(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(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 Clearwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 035N 003E 19,20 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 3 MI ABOVE DUNDAS PROPERTY ALONG THE LOLO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.12321, 46.35927

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 47 DEG W
    Dip 45 DEG NE
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lolo District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. Allgood

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 144.78M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1956, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REGION ABOUT OROFINO, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 34, 63 P.

  • Deposit

    BALL, TERRY, 1968, IDAHO MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT., 2 P.

  • Deposit

    1956 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 34

  • Deposit

    1968 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS IN AREA STRIKE N 40 - 55 DEG W, DIP 30 - 65 DEG NE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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