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Pass Group Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070666
MRDS ID W013692
Record type Site
Current site name Pass Group Mine
Alternate or previous names Argent Claim
Related records 10192798

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.43591, 43.51659 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position 1.5 MI. NW OF BULLION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mahoney Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 002N 017E 09 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • AT HEAD OF NARROW GAGE GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Limestone, Calcareous Quartzite
    Rock description Wood River Formation-Limestone, Calcareous Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.43591, 43.51659
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • ITEMS 8-10: ARGENT CLAIM; ITEMS 11-14: CLAIMS OTHER THAN ARGENT. ARGENT CLAIM CREDITED WITH PRODUCTION OF ABOUT $160,000 PRIOR TO 1900.

Comments on development

  • PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT IS ON THE ARGENT CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION, IDAHO, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE MINNIE MOORE AND NEAR-BY MINES: USGS BULL. 814, P. 1 - 245

  • Deposit

    1930 GEOLMAP J. B. UMPLEBY AND OTHERS, BULL. 81

  • Production

    UMPLEBY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1930, USGS BULL. 814

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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