The Varnum Prospect is a copper mine located in Kootenai county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,500 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: 2,500 Feet (762 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 47.6372, -116.58190
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Varnum Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Varnum Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Kootenai
District: Wolf Lodge 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
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Wolf Lodge Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
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
Type: L
Structure: Osburn Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Diorite
Role: Associated
Description: Quartz Diorite Sill
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Diorite
Role: Associated
Description: Quartz Diorite Sill
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Cuprite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): In Chinese Gulch 2 Mi E Of Wolf Lodge Creek
Comment (Development): 6 Patented Claims
Comment (Geology): Original Structures entry: Local - Vein Is .5 Mi Sw Of Osburn Fault Regional - Broad Much - Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of Wnw Trend
Comment (Geology): Original ore control entry: Fissure
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
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