The Phi Kappa Mine is a mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,202 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: 8,202 Feet (2,500 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 43.8464, -114.20280
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Phi Kappa Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Phi Kappa Mine
Secondary: Black Bear Nos. 1-19
Secondary: Old Glory Fraction
Secondary: Clifton
Commodity
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Cadmium
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Alto 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
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Taylor, Ivan
Company ID: 1001262
Percent: 95.00
Home Office: Box 65 Mackay, Idaho 83251
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1885
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Argentite
Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Idocrase
Unknown: Grossularite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Feldspar
Unknown: Diopside
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Augite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Production): DEPOSIT HAS BEEN A MINOR PRODUCER. PRODUCTION IS ONGOING.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 814, 1940, P. 203-206.
Reference (Deposit): IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 108, 1956, P. 18.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1497-D, 1981, P. 197-201, 202.
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