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Copper Camp Prospect

Occurrence in Valley 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071685
MRDS ID W015206
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Camp Prospect
Related records 10217318

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.20513, 45.25682 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 8.5 MI NE FROM BIG CREEK (TOWN) RANGER STATION BY ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lodgepole Creek(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)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 010E 11 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON N. SIDE BIG CREEK ABOUT 9 MI FROM BIG CREEK RANGER STATION; NEAR CAMP CREEK. SOUTH END OF RAMEY RIDGE LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VEIN SAMPLES ASSAYED TRACE TO 0.12 OZ AU, TRACE TO 0.8 OZ AG/TON; 0.03 TO 17% CU; 2.9 TO OVER 60% FE; TI AVERAGED 0.11%.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrolusite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor Sericite; Muscovite, Garnet, Biotite; Oxidation

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE ASSAYS 1 TO 4% CU
Result ASSAYS UP TO 17% CU. AU MIGHT AVERAGE $3/TON
Result SOME SAMPLES ASSAYED $40 AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.20513, 45.25682
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Broad Anticlinal Fold: Steep W - Dipping Limb In Spring Creek Draw; Gentle E - Dipping Limb In Camp Creek Draw; Crest To Nw

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike E TO NE
    Dip 55 DEG NW
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 1584.96M
    Width 3.96M
    Depth to top 67.06M
    Depth to bottom 304.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone, Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1888

Mining district

District name Ramey Ridge District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Edwards, W. A.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Copper Camp Consolidated Mines, Inc.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 2 ESTIMATED TO A DEPTH OF 1000 FT; ITEM 3 ESTIMATED AS A POSSIBLE BYPRODUCT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 236.52M

Comments on development

  • 29 QUARTZ, 5 PLACER CLAIMS. DIAMOND DRILLING PROGRAM (1969-1971) BY ROCKET MINES LTD. ; ECON.COM: MINOR LANDSLIDE AREA; PARALLEL NW FAULTS; EXTENSIVE OVERBURDEN, VEGETATION COVER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHENON, P. J., AND ROSS, C. P., 1936, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR EDWARDSBURG AND THUNDER MOUNTAIN, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44, 45 P.

  • Deposit

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1304, 431 P.

  • Deposit

    GRINER, W. C., 1975, SEVENTY - FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1973 - 1974, 98 P.

  • Deposit

    1936 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44

  • Deposit

    1955 GEOLMAP HIGHLAND SURPRISE CONSOLIDATED CO., USGS BULL. 1304

  • Deposit

    1970 DIREXPL ROCKET MINES, LTD., USGS BULL. 1304

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON F. W. CATER AND OTHERS, BULL. 1304

  • Deposit

    1975 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1888, RELOCATED 1953

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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