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Salmon Canyon Copper Company Prospect

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Cobalt, Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Lead
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Reserves and resources
  20. Workings at the site
  21. Links to other databases
  22. Bibliographic references
  23. General comments
  24. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071572
MRDS ID W015033
MAS/MILS ID 0160590450
Record type Site
Current site name Salmon Canyon Copper Company Prospect
Alternate or previous names Jeep Nos. 1-10 Lodes, Shoup Operations

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.5566, 45.30135 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 13 MI W OF SHOUP, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Long Tom Mountain(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 023N 016E 26 C Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Salmon River Corridor
  • As 0f 1996 This Property Could Be The Salmon Caynon Exploration Project Mentioned In A Sept. 1996, The Mining Record, Article. However The Location Of This Property And The Locations Given In The Article And Other Sources Do Not Coordinate. Owner As Listed In The Mining Record Article Is The Formation Capital Corp. Exploration Is Being Done By Double Creek Mining Corp. Fifty One Claims Have Been Located On The Deposit And These Claims Have Been Overstaked By 12 Additional Claims.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Erythrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) SILICIFICATION

Analytical data

Result ORE 1 - 5% CU, TRACES CO, AS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock type qualifier Biotite Schist
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Biotite Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.5566, 45.30135
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, MASSIVE, IRREGULAR
    Strike W90E
    Dip 20N
    Thickness 12M
    Length 853M
    Width 255M
    Area 413HA
    Depth to top 323M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding
  • Lithology

Comments on the geologic information

  • Outcrops Can Be Traced On The Surface For 3000 Feet. Erythrite (Cobalt Bloom) Is Common. Bill Cameron, Formerly With Coastal Mining, A Hanna Subsidiary, Stated That, "It Is A Sedimentary Deposit Several Hundred Feet Thick Containing .5 % Low Grade Cooper And 20 To 40 Feet Of +1 % Copper.". This Is Probaly A Strata Bound Copper Deposit.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1960
Year of first production 1978

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Salmon River Breaks Primitive Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Salmon Canyon Copper Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office JAMESTOWN\nND 58401
    Year 1978

Production statistics

  • Year 1968
    Material Concentrates
    Ore mined 55mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Silver Silver 16g/mt
    Minor Gold Gold 1g/mt
    Major Copper Copper 3wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Inferred 1154846mt ore
    Total resources 1154846mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.4 wt-pct Copper Major 1996
    Cobalt Co 0.25 wt-pct Cobalt Major 1996
    Gold Au 0.514 g/mt Gold Minor 1996
    Silver Ag 10.28 g/mt Silver Minor 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Demonstrated 1160000mt ore
    Total resources 1160000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.2 wt-pct Copper Major 1990
    Cobalt Co 0.18 wt-pct Cobalt Major 1990
    Gold Au 0.51 g/mt Gold Minor 1990
    Silver Ag 10.3 g/mt Silver Minor 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Indicated 421569mt ore
    Demonstrated 421569mt ore
    Inferred 407145mt ore
    Total resources 828714mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.1799 wt-pct Copper Major 1988
    Cobalt Co 0.18 wt-pct Cobalt Major 1988

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 502.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • Tunnels, 3 Levels
  • The Main Adit Has Been Driven 2100 Ft. Into The Mountain

Comments on other economic factors

  • The Mill Is Capable Of Processing 150 To 200 Tons Of Ore A Day Depending On Grindability. The Mill Is Now On A Trial Run Basis And Is Processing 35 To 50 Tons Per Day And Is 35 Miles From The Mine. Mill Feed Grade For Cobalt Ranges From 1.06 % Down To A Trace And The Copper Concen- Trate Contains 1.25 % Cobalt. The Concentrates Are Being Shipped To Sherrit Gordon Mines Limited, Edmonton, Alta., Canada.

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Ore Now Must Be Shipped 200 Miles To Ketchum; Problems With Mine Waste Disposal On Steep Terrain, Water Pollution

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    The Mining Record, Sept 4, 1996, P25.

  • Deposit

    Bennett, E. H., 1976, Personal Communication

  • Reserve-Resource

    Randol Mining Directory, 1996/97, U.S. Mines And Mining Companies, P200.

  • Deposit

    Griner, W. C., 1975, Seventy - First Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1973 - 1974, 98 P.

  • Deposit

    Cater, F. W., Pinckney, D. M., And Stotelmeyer, R. M., 1975 , Mineral Resources Of The Clear Creek - Upper Big Deer Creek Area, Contiguous To The Idaho Primitive Area, Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1391-C, P. 35 - 36

  • Deposit

    Weis, P.L., L.J. Schmitt, E.T. Tuchek. Mineral Resources Of The Salmon River Breaks Primitive Area, Idaho., U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1353-C, 1972, 91 Pp.

  • Deposit

    Bureau Of Mines Mineral Property File 21.031

  • Deposit

    Behre Dolbear And Company Inc. Engineering-Evaluation Report For Salmon Canyon Copper Company. 1979, 41 Pp.; Available Upon Request From Bumines, WFOC Mineral Property File, Spokane, Wa.

  • Deposit

    Garvey, M. Metals Marketing Division, Sherritt-Gordon Ltd, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Personal Communication. Sept. 4, 1984.

  • Deposit

    Lund, K., Evans, K. V., And Esparza, L. Mineral Resource Potential Of The Special Mining Management Zone - Clear Creek, Lemhi County, Idaho. U.S. Geol. Surv. Misc. Field Studies Map Mf-1576-A, 1983, 9 Pp.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines. WFOC Mineral Property File No. 0160590450; Available Upon Request From Bumines-WFOC, Spokane, Wa.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General USBM WFOC Wilderness Studies

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-76 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 05-MAY-97 Buckingham, David A. 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 02/26/1979
MSHA mine ID1000400
Mine name (MSHA)Salmon Canyon Mine
Current operatorSalmon Canyon Copper Co
Current controller (parent)Schulte James E
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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