The Lockwood Mine is a copper mine located in Adams county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,601 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 45.1308, -116.65390
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Lockwood Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lockwood Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Idaho
County: Adams
District: Seven Devils 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: Payette National Forest
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Gary, Gus And Barton, E. M.
Production
Year: 1944
Time Period: 1943 - 1944
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^20 % Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1890
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: Seven Devils Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR, TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE IS .5% WO3, WITH MUCH MOLYBDENUM.
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Location): Just N Of Lockwood Saddle
Comment (Development): Located In A Large Limestone Body, At E. End Of Which Are Queen And Blue Jacket Claims.
Comment (Workings): There Are 2 Adits, One 150 Feet Above The Other, The Upper Is 140 Feet Long, The Lower Is 290 Feet.
References
Reference (Deposit): Cook, E. F., 1954, Mining Geology Of The Seven Devils Region: Idaho Bur. Of Mines And Geol., Pamp. 97., 22 P.
Reference (Deposit): Livingston, D. C., And Laney, F. B., 1920: The Copper Deposits Of The Seven Devils And Adjacent Districts: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 1, 105 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1920 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol., Bulletin 1
Reference (Deposit): 1954 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol., Pamp. 97
Reference (Production): Cook, E. F., 1954, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol., Pamphlet 97, 22 P.
Reference (Deposit): Close, T.J., And Others, Mineral Resources Of The Hells Canyon Wilderness Area And Portions Of The Hells Canyon National Recreation Study Area, Adams, Idaho, And Nez Perce Counties, Idaho, And Wallowa County, Oregon: Unpublished U.S. Bureau Of Mines File Report, P. 124-125.
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