The Blue Jacket Mine is a copper mine located in Adams county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 45.1264, -116.63940
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Blue Jacket Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Jacket Mine
Secondary: Bucket
Secondary: Blue Jacket-Queen Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Adams
District: Seven Devils 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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: John Rogers
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1897
Discovery Year: 1887
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Seven Devils Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: STRINGERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: (1901) SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF HIGH - GRADE ORE CONTAINED 40% CU.
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1880'S
Comment (Development): 2 Claims Patented
Comment (Geology): Large Body Of Carboniferous Limestone Included In Mass Of Cret. Granodiorite.
References
Reference (Deposit): Livingston, D. C., And Laney, F. B., 1920, The Copper Deposits Of The Seven Devils And Adjacent Districts: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 1, P. 71 - 73
Reference (Deposit): 1920 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol., Bulletin 1
Reference (Production): Livingston, D. C., And Laney, F. B., 1920, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 1, P. 72.
Reference (Deposit): 11th Annual Report, Mining Industry Of Idaho, P. 127.
Reference (Deposit): 13th Annual Report, Mining Industry Of Idaho, P. 19.
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