Mine detail: Copper Prospect

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Location: Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.27353, -111.17999
dep_id: 10078049
mrds_id: W026185
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
alteration: Carbonized Plant Fragments, Oxidation
conc_proc: Cu Precipitated And Concentrated When Water Came Into Contact With Carbon, Then Oxidation Disseminated Cu Minerals Thruout Rock
ore_ctrl: Joints
Reporter: Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)
hrock_unit: Ankareh Formation-Shale, Sandstone
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone
References:
  • Deposit:: GALE, H. S., 1910 , GEOLOGY OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS NEAR MONTPELIER, BEAR LAKE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 430 , P. 112 - 12
  • Deposit:: 1910 RECON H. S. GALE, BULL. 43
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