Mine detail: Pope-Shenon Mine

Previously called 'Grandview MineEureka'

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Location

Lat / long:

45.07517, -113.85647

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold, Zinc
Tertiary:	Lead
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Delafossite, Malachite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz, Specularite
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL, TABULAR
Discovery year:	1890

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1908

Geology

Host rock:	Yellowjacket Formation
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated rock:	Challis Volcanics-Vitrophyre;Porphyry Dikes
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

References

MRDS	M060838
MAS	160590195
DEP	10042802
Reference	{Deposit:: Anderson, A. L. 1943, Copper Mineralization Near Salmon, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 60}{Deposit:: Ross, C. P. 1925, The Copper Deposits Near Salmon, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 774, P. 34-37}{Deposit:: Anderson, A. L., 1956 , Geology And Mineral Resources Of The Salmon Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 106 , 102 P.}{Deposit:: Bell, R. N., 1920 , Twenty-First Annual Report For The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1919 , P. 97 - 100}{Deposit:: Eng And Min J. V118, N6, P. 205-8}{Deposit:: Office Of Minerals Exploration 6651 (Cu).}{Deposit:: Defense Mineral Administration 3112.}{Deposit:: Office Of Minerals Exploration 6190.}{Deposit:: Umpleby, E.L., 1913, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 528}{Production:: Anderson, A. L., 1956 , Idaho Bur Mines And Geology Pamph 106 , 102 P.}
Reporter	Puffett, Willard P., Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.), Kauffman, John D.