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Twin Peaks Mine

Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108940
MRDS ID FS00607
MAS/MILS ID 0160590365
Record type Site
Current site name Twin Peaks Mine
Alternate or previous names North Copper 6 Claims, Spair Time Mine, Kapp, Rattlesnake, North Copper Group, Spare Time Group, Spare Tire, Golden Copper

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.00532, 44.95459 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Degan Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(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

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 019N 021E 17,20 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Analytical data

Result FS MIN EXAM 1957 PLUMB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Belt Series
    Rock description Belt Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.00532, 44.95459
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IBMG Mines and Prospects Of Challis Quad, 1982, V.E. Mitchell, Et Al.

  • Deposit

    Landreth, 1964, Univ. of Idaho M.S. thesis.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Only North Half Of North Copper Nos. 2 , 4 , And 6 Lie Within The National Forest Boundary Area. Outside Of Boundary Is On Blm Land

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Meier, M. Lorrie U.S. Forest Service
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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