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Copper Camp

Prospect in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Iron, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10217318
MRDS ID W015206
MAS/MILS ID 0160850069
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Camp
Related records 10071685

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.20176, 45.17568 (WGS84)
Elevation 1700
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bismark Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021 N 010 E 11 SWSWSW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.20176, 45.17568
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip 70N
    Thickness 122M
    Length 1000M
    Width 432M
    Depth to top 5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N70E:70N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 50HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 50
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1888

Mining district

District name Ramey Ridge District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Primitive Area
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Copper Camp Consolidated Mines, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1977
  • Type Operator
    Owner Rocket Mines, Ltd. Or Atled Exploration, Ltd.
    Home office Canada
    Year 1977

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Indicated 280000mt ore
    Demonstrated 280000mt ore
    Inferred 1000000mt ore
    Total resources 3000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.8999 wt-pct Copper Major 1977
    Iron Fe2O3 33 wt-pct Iron Trace 1977
    Silver Ag 6.2 g/mt Silver Trace 1977
    Gold Au 0.6 g/mt Gold Trace 1977
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1972
    Indicated 281418mt ore
    Demonstrated 281418mt ore
    Total resources 281418mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.55 g/mt Gold Trace 1972
    Silver Ag 6.2 g/mt Silver Trace 1972
    Copper Cu 1.9299 wt-pct Copper Major 1972
    Iron FeO 33 wt-pct Iron Trace 1972

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES ARE INDICATED BY DIAMOND DRILLING INTO THE VEIN SYSTEM. DRILLING SHOWS HIGHER GRADE COPPER RESOURCES AND MORE EXTENSIVE VEIN SYSTEM THAT AT SURFACE. ESTIMATED POTEN- TIAL RESOURCES OF 2.2 MILLION TONNES MAGNETITE (1.6 MILLION TONNES IRON) MAY BE AVAILABLE AS POSS. BYPRODUCT. IF THE VEINS EXTEND AS INFERRED AND GRADE INCREASES WITH DEPTH AS INDICATED BY DIAMOND DRILLING, THE PROPERTY WOULD BE ECONOMICALLY MINABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM INF CIRC 7039, FIG. 23.

  • Deposit

    ROCKET MINES, LTD 1969 PROSPECTUS FOR STOCK SALE.

  • Deposit

    LEONARD & JAMES 1970 USGS LOG OF ROCKET MINES DDH 1 COPPER

  • Deposit

    CAMP DEPOSIT.

  • Deposit

    LEONARD & DALE 1971 USGS LOGS, ROCKET MINES DDH 2,3,4,5,10 &

  • Deposit

    11.

  • Deposit

    WFOC MINERAL PROPERTY FILE NO. 0160850069.

  • Deposit

    H. SHANK 1977 PHONE COMM. USFS, MCCALL, IDAHO, PAYETTE NTL

  • Deposit

    FOREST.

  • Deposit

    CATER AND OTHERS, 1973, USGS BULL 1304, P. 145-155, IDAHO

  • Deposit

    PRIMITIVE AREA STUDY.

  • Deposit

    IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44, P. 33.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALSO SECTION 15. SURFACE OF MINERALIZED VEINS AND SHEAR ZONES ARE COMPOSED OF QUARTZ,MAGNETITE, AND FERROMAGNESIUM SILICATES. MALACHITE OCCURS INTERSTITIALLY AS FRACTURE FILLINGS AND COATINGS ON OTHER MINERAL GRAINS. SAMPLES OF THE VEINS ASSAYED A TRACE TO 4.1 GRAMS GOLD, TR-27.4 GRAMS SILVER PER TONNE, 0.03-17.0 PERCENT COPPER, AND 2.9 TO MORE THAN 60 PERCENT IRON. TITANIUM CONTENT OF THE MAGNETITE RANGED FROM 0.02-.028% AND AVERAGED 0.11%. THE MINE IS BORKEN UP ACCORDING TO VEIN EXPOSURES. SUCH VEINS REPORTED ASSAYS AND POSS. RESERVES AS FOLLOWS: THE THREE TIBOR VEINS HAVE A POSS. RESOURCE OF 2.5 MILLION TONS OF MINERALIZED MATERIAL THAT CAN BE INFERRED IF THE MAGNETITE VEINS ARE CONTINUOUS WITH THE 3 VEINS EXPOSED NEAR CAMP CREEK. THE BLACK BEAR VEIN SAMPLES AVE. 1.5% COPPER, 24% IRON, .34 GRAMS GOLD AND 6.2 GRAMS SILVER PER TONNE. COPPER OCCURS AS A SULFIDE AND A CARBONATE. THE GREEN VEIN ADIT ASSAYED FROM 5.6 TO 17.0% COPPER. SPRING CREEK VEIN AVE 1.0 GRAMS GOLD, 4.8 GRAMS SILVER PER TONNE, 0.9% COPPER, AND 28% IRON. SALE LICK VEIN AVERAGED 2.4 GRAMS GOLD AND SILVER PER TONNE, 0.92% COPPER, AND 35.5% IRON. THE OLD LADIES VEIN AVE 1.4 GRAMS GOLD, 4.1 GRAMS SILVER, 2.26% COPPER, AND 55% IRON. UPPER AND LOWER COPPER CREEK AVE 6.2 GRAMS SILVER PER TONNE, 1.39% COPPER, 55.42 IRON, AND A TR GOLD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAY-1995 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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