Mine detail: Copper Cliff Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.80878, -113.45482

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Antimony, Arsenic
Ore:	Copper, Enargite
Gangue:	Iron, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1890

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Quartzite,Mylonite,Shale,Limestone
Associated rock:	Union Peak Trachyte Mass
Associated type:	Trachyte,Andesite,Basalt
Structure:	Bearmouth Overthrust, Deep Creek Anticline, Series Of Generally Ne Trending Faults Within A 1000 Ft. Belt (Forms The Cliff)
Tectonic:	Cordilleran Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	W014719
DEP	10071375
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL 660, P. 220-223.}{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 8, P. 11-15, 28-31.}{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 108, P. 15.}{Deposit:: MBMG MEM NO 39, P. 28.}{Production:: PARDEE, 1918, U.S.G.S. 660-F MBMG BULL 8, P. 11-15}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul, Mlynarczyk, Meg S., Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)