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Copper King Prospect

Occurrence in Owyhee 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078737
MRDS ID W027332
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King Prospect
Related records 10241531

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.9839, 42.7122 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position ABOUT 19 MI WSW OF TRIANGLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cliffs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Triangle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Jordan Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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 Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008S;008S 006W;005W 24;19 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gouge, Gossan

Analytical data

Result OWNER REPORTED TRACE TO 4 OZ AG, 2 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Hornblende And Mica Schists
    Rock description Hornblende And Mica Schists
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.9839, 42.7122
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 DEG E
    Dip 45 DEG E
    Length 0.3M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name South Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Silver Soldier Co. ( 1975 )

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 DOZER CUTS, 1 TRENCH 30 FT LONG, CAVED SHAFT

Comments on development

  • 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHER, R. R., 1964 , COPPER KING PROSPECT: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT., 2 P

  • Deposit

    1964 RECON IDAHO BUR MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REP

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE VARIES N 40 DEG E TO N - 5

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1977-09-01 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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