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Idaho · Valley County
Occurrence

Missouri Creek Group

Valley County, Idaho, United States
Copper
USGS source ↗

Land & claims · BLM · live

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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Deposit sizeN
Ore controlFissure

Materials

Ore mineralsChalcopyrite
GanguePyrite

Geology

Host rockDiorite,Limestone,Granite · Limestone
Associated rockDiorite,Granite · Idaho Batholith-Granodiorites;Dikes-Granophyric Porphyry
AlterationScapolite, Pyroxene, Epidote

Economic & production

Development statusOccurrence

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References

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 P1936 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 4

Identification

Deposit ID10071694
MRDS IDW015216
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.01128, -115.37066
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.