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Copper King Prospect

Occurrence 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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10071984
MRDS ID W015784
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.78061, 44.91599 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 9.25 MI W NW OF LEMHI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poison Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lemhi(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 018N 023E 06 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 8 MI UP MCDEVITT CREEK FROM STATE HIGHWAY 28; PLOTTED LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gouge

Analytical data

Result OWNER HAS TAKEN SAMPLES THAT ASSAYED UP TO SEVERAL PERCENT CU

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.78061, 44.91599
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 DEG E
    Dip 45 DEG W
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shears

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: ARGILLITE, QUARTZITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mcdevitt District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kane Jr., Charles B.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS

Comments on development

  • 13 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; ECON.COM: GREEN SAYS DEPOSIT OFFERS VERY LITTLE POTENTIAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GREEN, W. R., 1969, COPPER KING: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT

  • Deposit

    1969 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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