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Copper Belt Mine

Past Producer in Adams county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101667
MRDS ID D006600
MAS/MILS ID 0160030090
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Belt Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.82241, 45.02736 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position .5 MI E OF HOMESTEAD ORE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Homestead(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riggins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Adams

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 020 N 004 W 32, 33 E2SE (32) Idaho
Boise 019N 004W 33 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Location Uncertain But Mine Is .5 Mi By Trail From The E Side Of The Snake River Opposite Homestead, Ore. Narrative Location Places This Mine In The W/2 Sec. 33.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.82241, 45.02736
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905
Discoverer George Mccarthy

Mining district

District name Seven Devils District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner George McCarthy
    First year 1942

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Commodity Files, USGS, Spokane W

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Files (WFOC).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-81 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 15-MAY-95 Winters, Dick 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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