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Bonanza Copper Tunnels

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Cobalt
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096243
MRDS ID W013527
MAS/MILS ID 0160590695
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza Copper Tunnels

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.36622, 45.18219 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 9 MI. NW OF COBALT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gant Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 018E 05 NWSE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation-Garnet Schist
    Rock description Yellowjacket Formation-Garnet Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.36622, 45.18219
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Economic information

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 Blackbird District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Quebec Metallurgical Industries
    First year 1955

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENNETT, E. H., 1976, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

    Mitchell, V.E., 1982, Elk City Quadrangle: Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Mines and Prospects Map Series, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Bennett, E.H., 1977, :Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Pamphlet 167, plate 2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1976 Stull, Susan A.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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

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