The Eckels Creek Stock Occurrence is a copper mine located in Adams county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,301 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: 4,301 Feet (1,311 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 45.0986, -116.72920
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Eckels Creek Stock Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eckels Creek Stock Occurrence
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Physiographic Detail: Seven Devils Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POD/LENS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Epidote, Chlorite, Pyroxene Hornfels
Rocks
Name: Hornfels
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Goethite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): Morganti, J. M., 1972, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Cuprum Area, Seven Devils Mining District, Hells Canyon, Idaho: Pullman, Wash., Wash. State Univ., Ms Thesis, 153 P
Reference (Deposit): V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Grangeville Quad, Location No. 170
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