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Copper Occurrence

Occurrence in Adams 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089073
MRDS ID W012888
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.75181, 45.10126 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position ABOUT 3 MI NW OF CUPRUM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Homestead(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riggins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Adams

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 020N 003W 06 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Saussuritized; Epidote, Chlorite, Calcite, Sericite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Felsic Metamorphic Rock > Keratophyre
    Rock unit name Eckels Creek Sequence-Keratophyre, Qtz Keratophyre Flow, Breccia
    Rock description Eckels Creek Sequence-Keratophyre, Qtz Keratophyre Flow, Breccia
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Felsic Metamorphic Rock > Keratophyre
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.75181, 45.10126
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD/LENS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Seven Devils District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORGANTI, J. M., 1972, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CUPRUM AREA, SEVEN DEVILS MINING DISTRICT, HELLS CANYON, IDAHO: PULLMAN, WASH., WASH. STATE UNIV., MS THESIS, 153 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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