Koper Kyute Group

Prospect in Lemhi 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094600
MRDS ID D009906
MAS/MILS ID 0160590918
Record type Site
Current site name Koper Kyute Group
Alternate or previous names Last Chance

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.9375, 45.6639 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 2.2 MI S 13 E OF LOST TRAIL PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lost Trail Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(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 027N 021E 14 SE OF SE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • High on N side of Pierce Cr. ; Info from Land.St :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.9375, 45.6639

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gibbonsville District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Comments on development

  • 6 lode claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Forest Service Files, D.W. Peters, Salmon, Id

  • Deposit

    U.S. Geological Survey Misc. Invest. Series Map I-1803-C, 1989, P. 14.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 25-93, 1993, P. 68-72.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Peters, Donald W U.S. Forest Service
Updater 01-FEB-1985 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-MAR-1995 Mayerle, Ronald T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.