Devore Claim

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096338
MRDS ID W014857
Record type Site
Current site name Devore Claim
Related records 10169427

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.05623, 45.58179 (WGS84)
Elevation 2530
Relative position ABOUT 7 MI WNW OF GIBBONSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Allan Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nez Perce Pass(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 026N 020E 13 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • SE SLOPE OF ALLAN MT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Quartz-Muscovite Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.05623, 45.58179

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 DEG W
    Dip 60 DEG NE
    Width 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOLIATION OF THE SCHIST STRIKES N 44 DEG E AND DIPS 50 DEG NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gibbonsville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner E. F. Devore

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • 48 FT INCLINED SHAFT, SEVERAL PITS & TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRITES, A. F., AND TOOKER, E. W., 1953, URANIUM AND THORIUM DEPOSITS IN EAST-CENTRAL IDAHO, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA: USGS BULLETIN 988-H, P. 157 - 209

  • Deposit

    1953 RECON A. F. TRITES AND E. W. TOOKER, BULL. 988-H

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Duncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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