Mine detail: Copper Camp Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

45.25682, -115.20513

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver, Gold
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite, Silver
Gangue:	Gypsum, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1888

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzite And Argillite
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Broad Anticlinal Fold: Steep W - Dipping Limb In Spring Creek Draw; Gentle E - Dipping Limb In Camp Creek Draw; Crest To Nw
Alteration processes:	Minor Sericite; Muscovite, Garnet, Biotite; Oxidation

References

MRDS	W015206
DEP	10071685
Reference	{Deposit:: SHENON, P. J., AND ROSS, C. P., 1936, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR EDWARDSBURG AND THUNDER MOUNTAIN, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44, 45 P.}{Deposit:: CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1304, 431 P.}{Deposit:: GRINER, W. C., 1975, SEVENTY - FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1973 - 1974, 98 P.}{Deposit:: 1936 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44}{Deposit:: 1955 GEOLMAP HIGHLAND SURPRISE CONSOLIDATED CO., USGS BULL. 1304}{Deposit:: 1970 DIREXPL ROCKET MINES, LTD., USGS BULL. 1304}{Deposit:: 1973 RECON F. W. CATER AND OTHERS, BULL. 1304}{Deposit:: 1975 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTO * ANNUAL REPORT.}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J.