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Bluff Creek Copper Claim

Occurrence in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078333
MRDS ID W026617
Record type Site
Current site name Bluff Creek Copper Claim
Related records 10218011

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.4943, 47.18067 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
Relative position ABOUT 16 MI SE OF AVERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Conrad Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Joe(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 044N 008E 06 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • .5 MI FROM ST. JOE RIVER. ABOUT 100 FT ABOVE BLUFF CREEK ON W SIDE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chlorite, Silicified

Analytical data

Result 13 SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.4 TO 23.48 % CU, 0.8 AND 1.3 OZ AG, AND A TRACE TO 0.06 OZ AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation
    Rock description Wallace Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.4943, 47.18067
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Bluff Creek Fault. Schistosity Trends Nw, Dips 49 - 63 Deg Sw

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, STRINGERS
    Strike NW
    Dip 56 DEG SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name St. Joe National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lintz And A. W. Stanley

Comments on the workings information

  • HAND DRILLING, MUCKING

Comments on development

  • 1 CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOTSON, J. C., 1955 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 4 P

  • Deposit

    1955 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY O. F. REPT.

  • Deposit

    GEOLMAP ASAR CO

Reporter information

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

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

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