The Copper Prospect is a lead mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,001 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: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 44.1911, -114.59970
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Copper Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Boulder Creek 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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Idaho Batholith
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Jamesonite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): Digitized From Stromquist and Henderson, 1985
Comment (Production): Ore Grade, Ore Production and Metal Recovery Are Unknown
Comment (Deposit): On Same Vein As Whitney, Fritz-Honeycutt, Mauney. Vein Can Be Traced For 4km.
Comment (Workings): Shaft Is 20 Ft In Diameter At Surface and Is Filled With Dirt.
Comment (Geology): Shear Zone With Quartz Layers Alternate With Silicified Shear Zone In Phyllitic Laminated Mudstone.
Comment (Development): Econ.Com: Very Little Gangue Material Assoc. With Ore Minerals
Comment (Location): Located On East Side of Lower Livingston Creek, Approx. 1/4 Mi Ne of Lucky Strike Mine Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using Gis Overlay Analysis With Usfs Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.
Comment (Deposit): Part of Table II, USGS Bull.1545e Omitted, See OFR
References
Reference (Deposit): Kern, Richard R., 1972, Geology And Economic Deposits Of The Slate Creek Area, Custer Co., Idaho: Pocatello, Idaho, Idaho State Univ. Ms Thesis
Reference (Deposit): IBMG Mines & Prospects Of The Challis Quad, 1982, Mitchell.
Reference (Deposit): Vannoy And Others, 1986, USGS Bull.1545e, Plate 3, No.73
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR, Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Tschanz And Others, 1974, Table II, No.73
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