Copper Prospect

Occurrence in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089187
MRDS ID W014188
MAS/MILS ID 0160370146
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.60062, 44.19099 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 17 MI E. OF STANLEY, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livingston Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 010N 016E 17 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Digitized From Stromquist and Henderson, 1985
  • Located On East Side of Lower Livingston Creek, Approx. 1/4 Mi Ne of Lucky Strike Mine Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using Gis Overlay Analysis With Usfs Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Jamesonite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Milligen Formation-Argillites
    Rock description Milligen Formation-Argillites

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.60062, 44.19099

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 50 DEG SE
    Thickness 0.06M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing, Striking Ne, Dipping Se

Comments on the geologic information

  • Shear Zone With Quartz Layers Alternate With Silicified Shear Zone In Phyllitic Laminated Mudstone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Boulder Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • Ore Grade, Ore Production and Metal Recovery Are Unknown

Comments on the workings information

  • Shaft Is 20 Ft In Diameter At Surface and Is Filled With Dirt.

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Very Little Gangue Material Assoc. With Ore Minerals

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit On Same Vein As Whitney, Fritz-Honeycutt, Mauney. Vein Can Be Traced For 4km.
Deposit Part of Table II, USGS Bull.1545e Omitted, See OFR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-MAR-1995 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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