Logan Copper Hill Prospect

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Antimony, Copper, Garnet
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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071462
MRDS ID W014864
Record type Site
Current site name Logan Copper Hill Prospect
Alternate or previous names Red Garnet, Faulkenburg
Related records 10265952

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.39036, 45.12128 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 3 MI W OF BIG CREEK (TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Profile Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(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

Payette 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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 009E 32,29 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • .5 MI NE OF FORKS OF LOGAN CR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Garnet Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Garnet Ore
Stibnite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result QUARTZ-STIBNITE VEIN IS HIGH-GRADE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Garnet-Tactite;Belt Supergroup-Biotite Schist, Quartzite, Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.39036, 45.12128

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Big Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Axel Falkenburg

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEONARD, B. F., 1965, MERCURY-BEARING ANTIMONY DEPOSIT BETWEEN BIG CREEK AND YELLOW PINE, CENTRAL IDAHO: USGS PROF PAPER 525-B, P. 27

  • Deposit

    KIRKPATRICK, G. E., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BIG CREEK AREA, VALLEY AND IDAHO COUNTIES, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, P. 51 - 53

  • Deposit

    1965 RECON B. F. LEONARD, PROF. PAPER 525-

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Duncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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