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Gray Copper Prospect

Prospect in Cassia 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10096228
MRDS ID W013253
MAS/MILS ID 0160310082
Record type Site
Current site name Gray Copper Prospect
Alternate or previous names Myers Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.72031, 42.25547 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 8 MI. E. OF OAKLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cassia(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Harrison(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Raft(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 Cassia

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 013S 023E 36 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Fairchild Cr., On W. Slope Of The Albion Range E. Of Oakley

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Harrison Series, Quartzite, Schist;Brazer Form., Limestone
    Rock description Harrison Series, Quartzite, Schist;Brazer Form., Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.72031, 42.25547
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Overthrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS, SEAMS, DISSEMINATED
    Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 70 DEG S
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stokes District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 213.36M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1931, Geology And Mineral Resources Of Eastern Cassia County, Id.: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 14, 169 P

  • Deposit

    IBMG Mines & Prospects Of The Pocatello Quad, 1982, V.E. Mitchell Et Al

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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