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McDevitt Creek Prospect

Occurrence 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. 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078455
MRDS ID W026790
MAS/MILS ID 0160590823
Record type Site
Current site name McDevitt Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.77201, 44.90679 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position 7.5 MI SW OF TENDOY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poison Peak(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 023E 07 NENENE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Location Approximate

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.77201, 44.90679
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Gouge
Type of structure Local
Structure name Brecciation
Type of structure Local
Structure name Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original Structures entry:
    Local - Gouge, Brecciation, Fault Zone Trending N 25 Deg W, Dipping 60 Deg Sw

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mc Devitt Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 163.07M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Ross, C. P., 1925 , The Copper Deposits Near Salmon, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 744 , 44 P

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Dubois Quad, Location No. 247

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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