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Birthday Claim

Occurrence in Lemhi 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096401
MRDS ID W015782
Record type Site
Current site name Birthday Claim
Related records 10144704

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.89451, 44.87349 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 23 MI S OF SALMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Allison Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(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 018N 022E 19 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • REACHED BY POISON CR. ROAD; .5 MI S OF POISON CR. ON RIDGE N OF PHANTOM CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Lemhi Quartzite-Phyllitic Quartzite
    Rock description Lemhi Quartzite-Phyllitic Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.89451, 44.87349
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Bedding, Cleavage

Ore body information

  • Width 0.01M

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZITE BEDDING STRIKES N 15 DEG W AND DIPS 50 DEG NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952
Discoverer Joseph And William Corbett

Mining district

District name Mckim Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 6.1M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 TRENCH 10 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOREGAROLI, A. E., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE MCKIM CREEK AREA, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, P. 48

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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