Mine detail: Salmon Canyon Copper Company Prospect

Previously called 'Jeep Nos. 1-10 LodesShoup Operations'

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Location

Lat / long: 45.30135, -114.5566

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Cobalt
Secondary: Gold, Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic, Lead
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Orebody form: TABULAR, MASSIVE, IRREGULAR
Other material: Arsenopyrite, Chalcocite, Erythrite, Galena, Garnet, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1960

Production

Operation type: Underground
Production size: None
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1978

Geology

Host rock:Belt Supergroup
Host type:Schist

References

MRDSW015033
MAS160590450
DEP10071572
Reference{Deposit:: Bennett, E. H., 1976, Personal Communication}{Deposit:: Griner, W. C., 1975, Seventy - First Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1973 - 1974, 98 P.}{Deposit:: Cater, F. W., Pinckney, D. M., And Stotelmeyer, R. M., 1975 , Mineral Resources Of The Clear Creek - Upper Big Deer Creek Area, Contiguous To The Idaho Primitive Area, Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1391-C, P. 35 - 36}{Deposit:: Weis, P.L., L.J. Schmitt, E.T. Tuchek. Mineral Resources Of The Salmon River Breaks Primitive Area, Idaho., U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1353-C, 1972, 91 Pp.}{Deposit:: Bureau Of Mines Mineral Property File 21.031}{Deposit:: Behre Dolbear And Company Inc. Engineering-Evaluation Report For Salmon Canyon Copper Company. 1979, 41 Pp.; Available Upon Request From Bumines, WFOC Mineral Property File, Spokane, Wa.}{Deposit:: Garvey, M. Metals Marketing Division, Sherritt-Gordon Ltd, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Personal Communication. Sept. 4, 1984.}{Deposit:: Lund, K., Evans, K. V., And Esparza, L. Mineral Resource Potential Of The Special Mining Management Zone - Clear Creek, Lemhi County, Idaho. U.S. Geol. Surv. Misc. Field Studies Map Mf-1576-A, 1983, 9 Pp.}{Deposit:: U.S. Bureau Of Mines. WFOC Mineral Property File No. 0160590450; Available Upon Request From Bumines-WFOC, Spokane, Wa.}{Reserve-Resource:: The Mining Record, Sept 4, 1996, P25.}{Reserve-Resource:: Randol Mining Directory, 1996/97, U.S. Mines And Mining Companies, P200.}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Buckingham, David A.