The Copper Edge Property is a copper mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 47.3464, -115.55220
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Copper Edge Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Edge Property
Secondary: Copper Age Property
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: St. Regis District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: St. Joe National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Bitterroot Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Large Scale Nw Trending Dioritic Sill (Wishards) And Fault (Gilt Edge) With Lateral Displacement Of About 250 Ft
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Siderite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CU MINERALS PRESENT IN ONLY MINOR AMOUNTS.
Comment (Location): ALONG BOUNDARY LINE RD
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE TUNNEL
Comment (Geology): DEPOSITS IN VICINITY ARE TYPICALLY CHALCOPYRITE-DOLOMITE VEINS FILLING STEEPLY DIPPING EASTWARD TRENDING FRACTURES. ALTHOUGH THERE EXISTS WITHIN THE AREA A SPATIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COPPER BEARING VEINS AND THE WILSHARDS SILL, NO OTHER EVIDENCE EXISTS WHICH SUGGESTS A DIRECT GENETIC CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F. C. AND JONES, E. L. JR., 1914 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE REGION AROUND MULLAN, IDAHO, AND SALTESE, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 540 , P. 196 .
Reference (Deposit): WALLACE, R. E. AND HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , RECONNAISANCE GEOLOGY OF WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1027-M, P. 607 , PL. 48 .
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