Summerwell Adit Prospect

The Summerwell Adit Prospect is a copper mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,152 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

Name: Summerwell Adit Prospect  

State:  Idaho

County:  Lemhi

Elevation: 6,152 Feet (1,875 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 44.9758, -113.49170

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Summerwell Adit Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Summerwell Adit Prospect
Secondary: Summerwell's


Commodity

Primary: Copper


Location

State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Lemhi Pass Area


Land Status

Land ownership: State
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

Not available


Ownership

Not available


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: Beaverhead Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: VEINLET


Structure

Type: L
Structure: Faults


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Gouge


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): High On N Slope Agency Creek Valley, A Short Distance East Of Buffalo Mine Turnoff

Comment (Deposit): 2 Veins, 1 Described Above, Second Vein Is 100 Ft Long, 0.05 Ft Thick And Trends N 60 Deg W

Comment (Workings): 2 Prospect Pits, 1 Adit

Comment (Geology): Bedding Strikes N 50 Deg W, Dips 26 Deg Ne

Comment (Geology): Original Structures entry: Local - 3 Minor Intersecting Faults

Comment (Geology): Original alteration entry: Local - Gouge


References

Reference (Deposit): Staatz, M. H., 1972, Geology And Description Of Thorium-Bearing Veins, Lemhi Pass Quadrangle, Idaho And Montana: USGS Bull 1351, 94 P.

Reference (Deposit): Sharp, W. N., And Cavendar, W. S., 1962, Geology And Thorium-Bearing Deposits Of The Lemhi Pass Area, Lemhi County, Idaho, And Beaverhead County, Montana: USGS Bull 1126, 76 P.


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