The Copper Prince Prospect is a gold and copper mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,500 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: 2,500 Feet (762 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 47.2683, -116.05780
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Copper Prince Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Prince Prospect
Secondary: Black Prince
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Avery District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mr. Mabutt
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Bitterroot Mountains - St. Joe Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SEAMS AND STRINGERS, IRREGULAR BUNCHES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Complex Folding And Faulting (Nw - Se) Accompanied By Fracturing, Shearing, Jointing; Brecciation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Garnet, Scapolite
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: LODE ASSAYED $4 / TON AU
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): AT MOUTH OF BLACK PRINCE CR. 800 FT S OF SEC 3
Comment (Workings): 3 TUNNELS
References
Reference (Deposit): WAGNER, W. R., 1949 , THE GEOLOGY OF PART OF THE SOUTH SLOPE OF THE ST. JOE MTNS.: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 82 , 48 P.
Reference (Deposit): HAYES, C. W., AND LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1911 , CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECON. GEOLOGY: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 470 , P. 39 - 61.
Reference (Deposit): COLLIER, A. J., 1906 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ST. JOE RIVER BASIN, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 285 , P. 129 - 139
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, R. S., 1963 , GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION RECONNAISSANCE IN THE AVERY AREA, IDAHO: UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, 81 P.
Reference (Deposit): 5) UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , GEOLOGY OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 732 , P. 119.
Reference (Deposit): 6) SOPER, E. K., 1918 , THE MINING DISTRICTS OF NORTHERN IDAHO: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, V. 116 , P. 124
Reference (Deposit): 1906 OTHER A. J. COLLIER, BULL. 285
Reference (Deposit): 1911 OTHER HAYES AND LINDGREN, BULL. 470
Reference (Deposit): 1916 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., BULL. 732
Reference (Deposit): 1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 82
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