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Copper Mountain Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070393
MRDS ID W013301
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Mountain Mine
Related records 10266156, 10242073

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.99952, 45.10549 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 6.9 MI S44W OF SALMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Williams Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(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 021N 021E 32 CENTER OF E2 OF E2 OF E2 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result ESTIMATED 1.5% CU OVER 35 FT. ASSAYS UP TO 14% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation
    Rock description Yellowjacket
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.99952, 45.10549
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 53 W
    Dip 45 NE
    Width 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles Kapp

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GREEN, WILLIAM, 1969, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPORT, 2 P

  • Deposit

    1968 DIREXPL ASARCO

  • Deposit

    1969 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Bainbridge, Terri L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1985 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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