The Sundog Prospect is a copper mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,799 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: 8,799 Feet (2,682 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 45.2172, -113.64580
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Sundog Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sundog Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Eldorado District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: L. B. Coulter
Years: 1904 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
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: Beaverhead Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Miner Lake-Beaverhead Divide Fault Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Deposit): NUMEROUS UNPROSPECTED COPPER-STAINED OUTCROPS ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): AT THE END OF THE JEEP TRAIL UP THE BOTTOM OF THE N FORK OF BOHANNON CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)
Comment (Development): 5 PATENTED CLAIMS, 1 PATENTED MILL SITE. 2-STAMP MILL OPERATED POST-1904.
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS, TOTALLING 191 FT, 2 SHAFTS, TOTALLING 52 FT IN DEPTH, AND 12 OPEN CUTS. ALL WORKINGS INACCESSIBLE (1980)
References
Reference (Deposit): FOREST SERVICE FILES, D.W. PETERS, SALMON, ID
Idaho Gold
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