Park Copper Prospect

Prospect in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. 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. 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 10078318
MRDS ID W026595
Record type Site
Current site name Park Copper Prospect
Related records 10217552

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.78992, 47.41737 (WGS84)
Elevation 1509
Relative position 3.5 MI S OF MULLAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mullan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Joe(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 Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 047N 005E 14 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • SW OF STEVENS PEAK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite; Oxidation

Analytical data

Result ORE SAID TO CONTAIN $3 IN GOLD AND 10 OZ/TON AG (1904 FIGURE), AS WELL AS COPPER.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.78992, 47.41737

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E - W
    Dip 90 DEG
    Length 609.6M
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metasomatic Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name St. Joe District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Park Copper And Gold Min. Co., Ltd.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on development

  • 6 PATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F. L., AND CALKINS, F. C., 1908 , THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 62 , 203 P.

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P.

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1907 , EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1906 : STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPORT, P. 157

  • Deposit

    BROWN, B. R., DIR., 1975 , FIRST ANN. REPT. ADDENDUM OF THE IDAHO DEPT. OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, P. 72 .

  • Deposit

    5) COLLIER, A. J., 1905 , ORE DEPOSITS IN THE ST. JOE RIVER BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 285 , P. 135

  • Deposit

    1905 RECON A. J. COLLIER, BULL. 285

  • Deposit

    1907 COMPILE EIGHTH ANN. REPT. IDAHO MINING INDUSTRY

  • Deposit

    1908 GEOLMAP RANSOME AND CALKINS, PROF. PAPER 62

  • Deposit

    1923 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY AND JONES, BULL. 732

  • Deposit

    1975 COMPILE FIRST ANN. REPT. ADDENDUM IDAHO DEPT. LABOR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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