Mine detail: Copper Cliff Mine

Previously called 'Silver King'

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Location

Lat / long: 45.10347, -116.6768

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Copper
Gangue: Hematite, Ilmenite, Pyrite
Orebody form: POD/LENS

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1972

Geology

Host type:Keratophyre,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Associated rock:Copper Cliffs Sequence-Qtz Keratophyre, Keratophyre, Tuff Breccia Agglomerate
Associated type:Keratophyre,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Structure:Ne-Trending Folding
Tectonic:Island Arc Volcanic Chain
Alteration processes:Epidote, Chlorite, Sericite, Calcite

References

MRDSW012887
MAS160030012
DEP10070166
Reference{Deposit:: Morganti, J. M., 1972, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Cuprum Area, Seven Devils Mining District, Hells Canyon, Idaho: Pullman, Wash., Wash. State Univ., M S Thesis, 153 P.}{Deposit:: Idaho Dept. Of Labor And Industrial Services, First Annual Report Addendum, July 1 , 1974 - June 30 , 1975 , 95 P.}{Deposit:: Long, R.C., 1976 , Geology And Mineral Deposits Of The Red Ledge Mine Area, Adams County, Idaho: Corvallis, Oregon, Oregon State Univ., M.S. Thesis, 115 P.}{Deposit:: Spokane Chronicle, Jan. 31 , 1973 ; Nov. 9 , 1973}{Deposit:: Mining Record, Dec. 6 , 1972}{Deposit:: 1975 Compile Idaho Dept. Labor And Ind. Services, First Ann. Rept}{Deposit:: John Kauffman Mas Deposit Summary Report On Copper Cliff Mine.}{Deposit:: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Liaison Office Report On Mining Operations, 1972 And 1977.}{Deposit:: Mesa Report December 1975.}{Deposit:: Havenstrite, Stuart, Executive Vice President, Silver King Mines, Inc., Personal Communications With Russell G. Raney, Wfoc, May 3, 1984.}{Deposit:: Mining Record, 3-22-89, P1.}{Deposit:: The Mine* News, 6-89, P.6b.}{Reserve-Resource:: American Mines Handbook 1989, P.127.}
ReporterMiller, Pat J., Siefken, Robert R., Gosling