Park Copper Prospect

The Park Copper Prospect is a mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,951 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

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Site Name

Primary: Park Copper Prospect

Commodity

Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: St. Joe 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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Park Copper And Gold Min. Co., Ltd.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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: St. Joe Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericite; Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE SAID TO CONTAIN $3 IN GOLD AND 10 OZ/TON AG (1904 FIGURE), AS WELL AS COPPER.

Materials

Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): SW OF STEVENS PEAK

Comment (Development): 6 PATENTED CLAIMS

References

Reference (Deposit): 5) COLLIER, A. J., 1905 , ORE DEPOSITS IN THE ST. JOE RIVER BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 285 , P. 135

Reference (Deposit): 1905 RECON A. J. COLLIER, BULL. 285

Reference (Deposit): 1907 COMPILE EIGHTH ANN. REPT. IDAHO MINING INDUSTRY

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): BELL, R. N., 1907 , EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1906 : STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPORT, P. 157

Reference (Deposit): BROWN, B. R., DIR., 1975 , FIRST ANN. REPT. ADDENDUM OF THE IDAHO DEPT. OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, P. 72 .

Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F. L., AND CALKINS, F. C., 1908 , THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 62 , 203 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1908 GEOLMAP RANSOME AND CALKINS, PROF. PAPER 62

Reference (Deposit): 1923 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY AND JONES, BULL. 732

Reference (Deposit): 1975 COMPILE FIRST ANN. REPT. ADDENDUM IDAHO DEPT. LABOR

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