Mount Pisgah, Caribou Mtn

Producer in Bonneville county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008947
MRDS ID D001497
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Pisgah, Caribou Mtn

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.33414, 43.09992 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonneville(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Caribou Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palisades(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palisades(hydrologic unit)

Snake Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bonneville

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. AND LONG. ARE APPROX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.33414, 43.09992

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PROD. FROM PLACERS EST. AT $250,000 PER YEAR FOR SEVERAL YEARS (SHUPE, 1930)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE, C.M., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNEVILLE COUNTY: ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 5, P. 79-8

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1974 Fisher, Fred S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.