The Tiger Group Mine is a copper mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,100 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: 8,100 Feet (2,469 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 43.895, -113.67810
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Tiger Group Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tiger Group Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Alder Creek 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: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
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: White Knob Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Permian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Workings): 1 Shaft, Several Small Tunnels, and Numerous Shallow Open Cuts
Comment (Location): Joins Empire On N; Location Is Approximate
Comment (Production): 2 Cars of Cu Ore Were Produced In 1912.
Comment (Development): 3 Unpatented Claims
References
Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, J. B., 1917, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Mackay Region, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 97, 129 P.
Reference (Deposit): Nelson, W. H., And Ross, C. P., 1968, Geology Of Part Of The Alder Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1252-A, 30 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1917 Geolmap Umpleby, J. B., Prof. Paper 97
Reference (Production): Umpleby, J. B., 1917, Prof. Paper 97
Reference (Deposit): 1968 Geolmap Nelson, W. H. And Ross, C. P., Bulletin 1252-A
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-4, No. 575, P. 239.
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