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Copper King Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Zinc, Silver, Lead, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106002
MRDS ID W026711
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.76912, 47.49597 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position ABOUT 2 MI NE OF MULLAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mullan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 005E 24,13 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEAD OF SONORA GULCH ABOUT 2.5 MI NW OF SNOWSTORM MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF LUCKY FRIDAY MINE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite; Gouge

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name St. Regis Formation;Wallace Formation
    Rock description St. Regis Formationt;Wallace Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Piegan Group.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHES
    Strike N 50 DEG W
    Dip 57 DEG S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Day Mines

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2908.71M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 MAIN TUNNELS. LENGTH WORKINGS A 1951 FIGURE

Comments on development

  • 19 PATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE THICKNESS OF VEIN IS 1 FT. IN THE REX-SNOWSTORM MINERAL BELT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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