The Great Western Copper Prospect is a copper mine located in Kootenai county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,598 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,598 Feet (792 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 47.7797, -116.64500
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Great Western Copper Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Great Western Copper Prospect
Secondary: Jack Hill
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Kootenai
District: Hayden Lake 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: Coeur d'Alene National Forest
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Great Western Copper Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: 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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Structure: Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of WNW Trend
Description: Broad Much - Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of Wnw Trend
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Fe - Stains
Alteration Text: Fe - Stains
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Description: Limy Shales
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Description: Limy Shales
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): Near Hayden Lake On Lower S Fk Of Mokins Creek A Mi From Its Mouth
Comment (Commodity): Vein Reported To Have Been Prospected For Cu, Au, Ag, Pb
Comment (Development): 4 Unpatented Claims
References
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, A. L., 1940 , Geology And Metalliferous Deposits Of Kootenai County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 53 , 67 P
Reference (Deposit): V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Spokane Quad, Location No. 38
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