Eckels Creek Stock Occurrence

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

Name: Eckels Creek Stock Occurrence

State:  Idaho

County:  Adams

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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