Copper Camp Prospect

The Copper Camp Prospect is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Valley county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,902 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Copper Camp Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Idaho
County: Valley
District: Ramey Ridge 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: Payette National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Copper Camp Consolidated Mines, Inc.

Owner Name: Edwards, W. A.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1888
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Broad Anticlinal Fold: Steep W - Dipping Limb In Spring Creek Draw; Gentle E - Dipping Limb In Camp Creek Draw; Crest To Nw

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor Sericite; Muscovite, Garnet, Biotite; Oxidation

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SOME SAMPLES ASSAYED $40 AU/TON
Analytical Data: ASSAYS UP TO 17% CU. AU MIGHT AVERAGE $3/TON
Analytical Data: AVERAGE ASSAYS 1 TO 4% CU

Materials

Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Pyrolusite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ITEM 2 ESTIMATED TO A DEPTH OF 1000 FT; ITEM 3 ESTIMATED AS A POSSIBLE BYPRODUCT

Comment (Location): ON N. SIDE BIG CREEK ABOUT 9 MI FROM BIG CREEK RANGER STATION; NEAR CAMP CREEK. SOUTH END OF RAMEY RIDGE LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Comment (Commodity): VEIN SAMPLES ASSAYED TRACE TO 0.12 OZ AU, TRACE TO 0.8 OZ AG/TON; 0.03 TO 17% CU; 2.9 TO OVER 60% FE; TI AVERAGED 0.11%.

Comment (Development): 29 QUARTZ, 5 PLACER CLAIMS. DIAMOND DRILLING PROGRAM (1969-1971) BY ROCKET MINES LTD. ; ECON.COM: MINOR LANDSLIDE AREA; PARALLEL NW FAULTS; EXTENSIVE OVERBURDEN, VEGETATION COVER.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1888, RELOCATED 1953

References

Reference (Deposit): 1970 DIREXPL ROCKET MINES, LTD., USGS BULL. 1304

Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON F. W. CATER AND OTHERS, BULL. 1304

Reference (Deposit): 1975 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.

Reference (Deposit): SHENON, P. J., AND ROSS, C. P., 1936, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR EDWARDSBURG AND THUNDER MOUNTAIN, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44, 45 P.

Reference (Deposit): CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1304, 431 P.

Reference (Deposit): GRINER, W. C., 1975, SEVENTY - FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1973 - 1974, 98 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1936 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44

Reference (Deposit): 1955 GEOLMAP HIGHLAND SURPRISE CONSOLIDATED CO., USGS BULL. 1304

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