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Copper Cliff Group

Past Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10120676
MRDS ID W015215
MAS/MILS ID 0160850090
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Cliff Group
Alternate or previous names Missouri Creek Group, Missouri Ridge
Related records 10071693

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.35876, 45.01708 (WGS84)
Elevation 2280
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Edwardsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 019 N 009 E 04 NE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.35876, 45.01708
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • EPIDOTE GNEISS IS CROSSCUT AND ALTERED BY APLITE AND GRANITE DIKES, MINERALIZED AREAS CONSIST OF 8 IN TO 3 FT THICK N-S TRENDING FAULTS CONTAINING IRREGULAR PODS OF CHALCOPYRITE AND MALACHITE AND 6 TO 15 FT WIDE SKARNS CONTAINING CHALCOPYRITE AND MALACHITE WITH MINOR AMOUNTS OF PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE NEXT TO STEEPLY DIPPING, NE TRENDING FAULTS FOUR CAVED ADITS AND NUMBEROUS SMALL PITS. 20 SAMPLES WERE TAKEN BY USBM. ONLY MINOR AMOUNTS OF COPPER WERE DETECTED. FOR MORE DATA SEE MINERAL PROPERTY FILE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 44, 1936, P. 35.

  • Deposit

    BENJAMIN, D. A., AND JAYNE, D. I., 1985, MINERAL APPRAISAL

  • Deposit

    OF THE PINNACLES-RAINBOW PEAK UNIT, VALLEY COUNTY, IDAHO,

  • Deposit

    IN MINERAL RESOURCES AND OCCURRENCES IN PART OF THE FRANK

  • Deposit

    CHURCH-RIVER OF NO RETURN WILDERNESS, CUSTER, IDAHO, LEMHI

  • Deposit

    AND VALLEY COUNTIES, IDAHO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE

  • Deposit

    REPORT MLA 64-85, TABLE 5, NO. 11, P. 105.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAY-1995 Benjamin U.S. Bureau of Mines

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