Idaho · Shoshone County
Past Producer

Empire Copper Mine

Shoshone County, Idaho, United States
CopperGold
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
TertiaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formBUNCHES
Ore controlFissure
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Malachite
GanguePyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Revett Formation-Quartzite, Argillite
StructureFaults
AlterationOxidized
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1916
Discovery year1886
Identification
Deposit ID10073405
MRDS IDW019471
Alternate namesLinfor Copper
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates47.62097, -116.32243
References
UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P.SOPER, E. K., 1918 , THE MINING DISTRICTS OF NORTHERN IDAHO: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, V. 116 , P. 1241923 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY & JONES, BULL. 73UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P