The Koper Kyute Group is a copper mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,601 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 45.6639, -113.93750
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Koper Kyute Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Koper Kyute Group
Secondary: Last Chance
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Gibbonsville 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: Salmon National Forest
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Beaverhead Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): High on N side of Pierce Cr. ; Info from Land.St :(1978)
Comment (Development): 6 lode claims
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Geological Survey Misc. Invest. Series Map I-1803-C, 1989, P. 14.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 25-93, 1993, P. 68-72.
Reference (Deposit): Forest Service Files, D.W. Peters, Salmon, Id
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