Copper Cliff Group

The Copper Cliff Group is a silver mine located in Valley county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,480 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Copper Cliff Group  

State:  Idaho

County:  Valley

Elevation: 7,480 Feet (2,280 Meters)

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 45.0172, -115.35780

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Copper Cliff Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Copper Cliff Group
Secondary: Missouri Creek Group
Secondary: Missouri Ridge


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Idaho
County: Valley


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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Geology): EPIDOTE GNEISS IS CROSSCUT AND ALTERED BY APLITE AND GRANITE DIKES, MINERALIZED AREAS CONSIST OF 8 IN TO 3 FT THICK N-S TRENDING FAULTS CONTAINING IRREGULAR PODS OF CHALCOPYRITE AND MALACHITE AND 6 TO 15 FT WIDE SKARNS CONTAINING CHALCOPYRITE AND MALACHITE WITH MINOR AMOUNTS OF PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE NEXT TO STEEPLY DIPPING, NE TRENDING FAULTS FOUR CAVED ADITS AND NUMBEROUS SMALL PITS. 20 SAMPLES WERE TAKEN BY USBM. ONLY MINOR AMOUNTS OF COPPER WERE DETECTED. FOR MORE DATA SEE MINERAL PROPERTY FILE.


References

Reference (Deposit): IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 44, 1936, P. 35.

Reference (Deposit): BENJAMIN, D. A., AND JAYNE, D. I., 1985, MINERAL APPRAISAL

Reference (Deposit): OF THE PINNACLES-RAINBOW PEAK UNIT, VALLEY COUNTY, IDAHO,

Reference (Deposit): IN MINERAL RESOURCES AND OCCURRENCES IN PART OF THE FRANK

Reference (Deposit): CHURCH-RIVER OF NO RETURN WILDERNESS, CUSTER, IDAHO, LEMHI

Reference (Deposit): AND VALLEY COUNTIES, IDAHO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE

Reference (Deposit): REPORT MLA 64-85, TABLE 5, NO. 11, P. 105.


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