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Pittsburg Group

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096850
MRDS ID D006561
MAS/MILS ID 0160490404
Record type Site
Current site name Pittsburg Group
Alternate or previous names Laverty Copper Prospect, Copper Queen Mine, Pittsburg-Idaho

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.11131, 46.29207 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 6 MI N45W FROM KAMIAH IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woodland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Orofino(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 034N 003E 17 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.11131, 46.29207
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Copper Queen Mining Co.
    First year 1943

Comments on development

  • 19 Unpatented Mining Claims Comprise The Property (1943)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Commodity Files, USGS, Spokane W

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-80 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-MAR-95 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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