The Empire Copper Mine is a copper mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,700 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: 2,700 Feet (823 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 47.62111, -116.32139
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Empire Copper Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Empire Copper Mine
Secondary: Linfor Copper
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Little North Fork 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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Discovery Year: 1886
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: Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BUNCHES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE CONTENT OF LODE SAID TO BE 1.5 % CU. $4 / TON AU
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): 5 CARLOADS OF 20% CU ORE WERE SHIPPED IN 1916.
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS
References
Reference (Deposit): 1923 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY & JONES, BULL. 73
Reference (Production): UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P.
Reference (Deposit): SOPER, E. K., 1918 , THE MINING DISTRICTS OF NORTHERN IDAHO: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, V. 116 , P. 124
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