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Great Western Copper Prospect

Occurrence in Kootenai county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, 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. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073419
MRDS ID W019491
MAS/MILS ID 0160550126
Record type Site
Current site name Great Western Copper Prospect
Alternate or previous names Jack Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.64605, 47.77956 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 8.5 MI NE FROM COEUR D'ALENE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kootenai(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hayden Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coeur D'Alene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Spokane(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Kootenai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 051N 003W 12 SENE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Near Hayden Lake On Lower S Fk Of Mokins Creek A Mi From Its Mouth

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Vein Reported To Have Been Prospected For Cu, Au, Ag, Pb

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe - Stains

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock type qualifier Limy Shales
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation
    Rock description Wallace Form.-Limy Shales, Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.64605, 47.77956
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of WNW Trend
Structure description Broad Much - Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of Wnw Trend

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hayden Lake District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Great Western Copper Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 128.02M
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on development

  • 4 Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1940 , Geology And Metalliferous Deposits Of Kootenai County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 53 , 67 P

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Spokane Quad, Location No. 38

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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