Mine detail: Copper Basin Mine

Previously called 'Mackay StandardReed and Davidson Property'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.808, -113.81589

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold, Lead, Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Malachite
Gangue: Diopside, Garnet, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR, STRINGERS
Discovery year: 1888

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Cu Basin Formation: Quartzitic & Calcareous Shl, Sla, & Limestone
Host type:Slate,Limestone
Associated rock:Dikes-Aplite, Granite Porphyry;Challis Volcanics-Rhyolite, Quartz Latite
Associated type:Granite
Alteration processes:Oxidation, Leaching

References

MRDSW015689
MAS160370611
DEP10071918
Reference{Deposit:: Sweeney, G. T., 1957, Geology Of Copper Basin, Custer County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M. S. Thesis, 66 P.}{Deposit:: Ross, C. P., 1930, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Seafoam, Alder Creek, Little Smoky And Willow Creek Mining Districts, Custer And Camas Counties, Idaho: Idaho Bur. Mines And Geology Pamph. 33, 26 P.}{Deposit:: Umpleby, J. B., 1917, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Mackay Region, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 97, 129 P.}{Deposit:: Nelson, W. H., And Ross, C. P., 1968, Geology Of Part Of The Alder Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bull. 1252-A, 30 P.}{Deposit:: Bell, R. N., 1918, Nineteenth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1917}{Deposit:: USBM, 1939, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, And Zinc In Idaho: USBM Mineral Yearbook For 1938, P. 335-358}{Deposit:: 1917 Geolmap Umpleby, J. B., Prof. Paper 97}{Deposit:: 1918 Compile State Mine Inspecto* Report For 1917}{Deposit:: 1930 Geolmap Idaho Bur. Mines And Geology Pamph 33}{Deposit:: 1939 Compile USBM Mineral Yearbook For 1938}{Deposit:: 1968 Geolmap Nelson, W. H. And Ross, C. P., Bull. 1252-A}{Deposit:: U.S. Bur. Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-4, No. 595, P. 243.}{Production:: Ross, C. P., 1930, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Seafoam, Alder Creek, Little Smoky, And Willow Creek Mining Districts, Custer And Camas Counties, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 33, 26 P; Item 1, USBM, 1939, Mineral Yearbook For 1938}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), McHugh, Edward L.