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Copper Mt. Prospect

Prospect in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10290978
MRDS ID W014005
MAS/MILS ID 0160850306
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Mt. Prospect
Alternate or previous names Idaho Primitive Area., Mary Kate
Related records 10070881

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.33596, 44.83428 (WGS84)
Elevation 2390
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

Big Chief Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork Salmon(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)

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 017 N 009 E 02 NENESW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.33596, 44.83428
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 810819

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPLES FROM TWO LOCATIONS WERE TAKEN. AREA ONE YIELD 6.85 GRAM PER METRIC TON OF SILVER WITH TRACE GOLD. AREA TWO YIELDED 8.91 GRAM PER METRIC TON OF SILVER WITH TRACE GOLD, COPPER AND TUNGSTEN. TUNGSTEN CONTAINED IN ONE SAMPLE WAS 0.14 PERCENT AND 0.36 PERCENT COPPER. GRANODIORITE LIMESTONE CONTACT TRENDS S35E.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-OCT-1992 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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