The Copper Mountain Mine is a copper mine located in Butte county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,999 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: 8,999 Feet (2,743 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 44.0367, -113.02610
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Copper Mountain Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Mountain Mine
Secondary: Jernberg Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Butte
District: Dome 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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Gold Inc.
Home Office: Wyoming
Owner Name: E. Jernberg, M. E. Staley, Jr., J. L. Sinknecht, M. E. Poole, R. Taylor
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1900
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Lemhi Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Structure: Bedding
Type: L
Structure: Fractures
Description: Fractures Strike Nw, Dip Sw At Low Angles; Bedding
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Oxidation
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): At Head Of 1 Of Uncle Ike Creek'S Principal Forks
Comment (Production): Shipments Were Handpicked
Comment (Workings): Several Tunnels And Surface Openings
Comment (Geology): The Black Canyon Fault May Extend To The Copper Mountain Mine; Dolomite Directly Overlies White Quartzite
References
Reference (Deposit): Ross, C. P., 1961, Geology Of The Southern Part Of The Lemhi Range, Idaho: USGS Bull 1081-F, P. 189-260.
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, R. A., 1948, Reconnaissance Survey Of The Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Southwestern Portion Of Lemhi Range, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 80, 18 P.
Reference (Production): Ross, C. P., 1961, USGS Bull 1081-F
Reference (Deposit): Romischer, W. M., And Alvord, D. C., 1958, Copper Mountain Mines, Butte County, Idaho: Defense Minerals Exploration Administration Unpublished Report, Contract Idm-3889, 9 P.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 11-91, 1991, Appendix C, No. 48, P. 149.
Reference (Deposit): Kiilsgaard, T. H., 1951, Copper Mountain Property, Butte County, Idaho: Defense Minerals Administration Unpublished Report Dma 1628, 3 P.
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