Dupuis

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Cobalt, Iron
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022992
MRDS ID FS00609
Record type Site
Current site name Dupuis

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.33873, 45.06379 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blackbird Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 020N 018E 15,16,21 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result FS MIN EXAM 1959 LEWIECKI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.33873, 45.06379

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    V E MITCHELL, and others, 1982, ELK CITY QUAD: Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Mines and Prospects Map Series, scale 1:250,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS CLAIM IS RELATED TO THE BLACKBIRD DISTRICT. GEOLOGIC SETTING LOOKS FAVORABLE FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION AT DEPTH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Meier, M. Lorrie U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-2010 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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