Mine detail: Copper Mountain Mine

Previously called 'Jernberg Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.0366, -113.02697

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead, Silver
Ore: Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite
Gangue: Pyrite
Discovery year: 1900

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Saturday Mountain Formation-Dolomite;Brazer Formation-Limestone;Kinnikinic Formation-Quartzite
Host type:Dolomite
Structure:Fractures Strike Nw, Dip Sw At Low Angles; Bedding
Alteration processes:Oxidation

References

MRDSW015809
MAS160230064
DEP10072004
Reference{Deposit:: Ross, C. P., 1961, Geology Of The Southern Part Of The Lemhi Range, Idaho: USGS Bull 1081-F, P. 189-260.}{Deposit:: Anderson, R. A., 1948, Reconnaissance Survey Of The Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Southwestern Portion Of Lemhi Range, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 80, 18 P.}{Deposit:: Kiilsgaard, T. H., 1951, Copper Mountain Property, Butte County, Idaho: Defense Minerals Administration Unpublished Report Dma 1628, 3 P.}{Deposit:: Romischer, W. M., And Alvord, D. C., 1958, Copper Mountain Mines, Butte County, Idaho: Defense Minerals Exploration Administration Unpublished Report, Contract Idm-3889, 9 P.}{Deposit:: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 11-91, 1991, Appendix C, No. 48, P. 149.}{Production:: Ross, C. P., 1961, USGS Bull 1081-F}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Kuizon, Lucy