Cyprus Mining Project 2

Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodity Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10241185
MAS/MILS ID 0160370120
Record type Site
Current site name Cyprus Mining Project 2

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.57873, 44.30179 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thompson Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011 N 016 E 09 N2 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • TEN MILES WEST OF CLAYTON, IDAHO; EIGHT MILES NORTH ON HWY 93 ON THOMPSON CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.57873, 44.30179

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Liberty Drilling Co.
    ID 1001431
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT DATED JULY 1980

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 01/09/1981
MSHA mine ID1001431
Mine name (MSHA)Cyprus Mining Project #2
Current operatorLiberty Drilling & Pump Company
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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