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Dovel's Copper Prospect

Occurrence in Valley 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10217721
MRDS ID W015314
MAS/MILS ID 0160850258
Record type Site
Current site name Dovel's Copper Prospect
Alternate or previous names Upper Kimmel Creek Prospect, George Dovel Copper Prospect, Idaho Primitive Area.
Related records 10093607

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.76704, 45.05628 (WGS84)
Elevation 2469
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dave Lewis Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(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

Salmon-Challis 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 020 N 014 E 20 NWSWSE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.76704, 45.05628
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION OCCURS ALONG FRACTURES IN METASEDIMENTS AND ARE PREDOMINANTLY QUARTZ CONTAINING LESS THAN ONE PERCENT CHALCOPYRITE, BORNITE, AZURITE, AND MALACHITE. SAMPLES ASSAYED A TRACE OF GOLD AND SILVER AND FROM A TRACE TO 0.45 PERCENT COPPER. ALTERED WALLROCK CONTAINED NO GOLD, SILVER, OR COPPER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO,

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 1304; 1973, P. 260-262, & 270-271.

  • Deposit

    WFOC MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 016 085 0258.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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