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Big Copper Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Claims

Occurrence in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011575
MRDS ID D006594
Record type Site
Current site name Big Copper Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.67653, 44.29629 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 3.4 MI N60E OF SUNBEAM ID

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunbeam(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

Salmon-Challis 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011N 015E 10;11 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE DIVIDE BETWEEN THE YANKEE FORK AND MULEY CR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation
    Rock description Wood River Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.67653, 44.29629
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Bedding In A Quartzite Bed

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ MONZONITE IS .25 MI FROM THE MINERALIZED ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yankee Fork District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner O. G. Hahn And H. J. Walters
    First year 1956
  • Type Owner
    Owner Harley J. And Adelaide Walters, Arthur And Ruby Mcgowan, A.W. And Edna Mcgowan, All Of Custer Co. Id

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE TRENCHES ONLY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY FILES, U.S.G.S., SPOKANE WA

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C.P., AND HITE, T.J., JR., 1937 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAYHORSE REGION, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 877, 161 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE D.M.E.A. DOCKET NO. 4479 ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-80 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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