Mine detail: Empire Copper Mine

Previously called 'Linfor Copper'

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Location

Lat / long:

47.62097, -116.32243

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Gold
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Malachite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form:	BUNCHES
Discovery year:	1886

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1916

Geology

Host rock:	Revett Formation-Quartzite, Argillite
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Faults
Alteration processes:	Oxidized

References

MRDS	W019471
DEP	10073405
Reference	{Deposit:: UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P.}{Deposit:: SOPER, E. K., 1918 , THE MINING DISTRICTS OF NORTHERN IDAHO: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, V. 116 , P. 124}{Deposit:: 1923 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY & JONES, BULL. 73}{Production:: UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J.