Salmon Canyon Copper Company Prospect

The Salmon Canyon Copper Company Prospect is a copper and cobalt mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,701 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: Salmon Canyon Copper Company Prospect
Secondary: Jeep Nos. 1-10 Lodes
Secondary: Shoup Operations

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Cobalt
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Mineral Hill Mining 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: Salmon National Forest

Holdings

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Salmon Canyon Copper Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: JAMESTOWN ND 58401
Info Year: 1978

Production

Year: 1968
Mined: 55.000 mt
Material type: Concentrates

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1978
Discovery Year: 1960
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Clearwater Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR, MASSIVE, IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: SILICIFICATION

Rocks

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Description: Biotite Schist
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Description: Biotite Schist
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE 1 - 5% CU, TRACES CO, AS.

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Arsenopyrite
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Erythrite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): On Salmon River Corridor

Comment (Development): Econ.Com: Ore Now Must Be Shipped 200 Miles To Ketchum; Problems With Mine Waste Disposal On Steep Terrain, Water Pollution

Comment (Workings): Tunnels, 3 Levels

Comment (Location): As 0f 1996 This Property Could Be The Salmon Caynon Exploration Project Mentioned In A Sept. 1996, The Mining Record, Article. However The Location Of This Property And The Locations Given In The Article And Other Sources Do Not Coordinate. Owner As Listed In The Mining Record Article Is The Formation Capital Corp. Exploration Is Being Done By Double Creek Mining Corp. Fifty One Claims Have Been Located On The Deposit And These Claims Have Been Overstaked By 12 Additional Claims.

Comment (Economic Factors): The Mill Is Capable Of Processing 150 To 200 Tons Of Ore A Day Depending On Grindability. The Mill Is Now On A Trial Run Basis And Is Processing 35 To 50 Tons Per Day And Is 35 Miles From The Mine. Mill Feed Grade For Cobalt Ranges From 1.06 % Down To A Trace And The Copper Concen- Trate Contains 1.25 % Cobalt. The Concentrates Are Being Shipped To Sherrit Gordon Mines Limited, Edmonton, Alta., Canada.

Comment (Geology): Outcrops Can Be Traced On The Surface For 3000 Feet. Erythrite (Cobalt Bloom) Is Common. Bill Cameron, Formerly With Coastal Mining, A Hanna Subsidiary, Stated That, "It Is A Sedimentary Deposit Several Hundred Feet Thick Containing .5 % Low Grade Cooper And 20 To 40 Feet Of +1 % Copper.". This Is Probaly A Strata Bound Copper Deposit.

Comment (Workings): The Main Adit Has Been Driven 2100 Ft. Into The Mountain

Comment (General): USBM WFOC Wilderness Studies

References

Reference (Deposit): Bennett, E. H., 1976, Personal Communication

Reference (Deposit): Griner, W. C., 1975, Seventy - First Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1973 - 1974, 98 P.

Reference (Deposit): Cater, F. W., Pinckney, D. M., And Stotelmeyer, R. M., 1975 , Mineral Resources Of The Clear Creek - Upper Big Deer Creek Area, Contiguous To The Idaho Primitive Area, Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1391-C, P. 35 - 36

Reference (Deposit): Weis, P.L., L.J. Schmitt, E.T. Tuchek. Mineral Resources Of The Salmon River Breaks Primitive Area, Idaho., U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1353-C, 1972, 91 Pp.

Reference (Deposit): Bureau Of Mines Mineral Property File 21.031

Reference (Deposit): Behre Dolbear And Company Inc. Engineering-Evaluation Report For Salmon Canyon Copper Company. 1979, 41 Pp.; Available Upon Request From Bumines, WFOC Mineral Property File, Spokane, Wa.

Reference (Deposit): Garvey, M. Metals Marketing Division, Sherritt-Gordon Ltd, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Personal Communication. Sept. 4, 1984.

Reference (Deposit): Lund, K., Evans, K. V., And Esparza, L. Mineral Resource Potential Of The Special Mining Management Zone - Clear Creek, Lemhi County, Idaho. U.S. Geol. Surv. Misc. Field Studies Map Mf-1576-A, 1983, 9 Pp.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines. WFOC Mineral Property File No. 0160590450; Available Upon Request From Bumines-WFOC, Spokane, Wa.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): The Mining Record, Sept 4, 1996, P25.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): Randol Mining Directory, 1996/97, U.S. Mines And Mining Companies, P200.

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