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Pueblo Group

Occurrence in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071730
MRDS ID W015263
MAS/MILS ID 0160490263
Record type Site
Current site name Pueblo Group
Alternate or previous names Columbia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.34316, 45.20878 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position 6.5 MI NW OF BIG CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 022N 009E 34 NWSESW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • .5 Mi W. Of Pueblo Summit, Located Between Lost Packer Prospect And Werdenhoff Mine

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Vein Material Sampled From Dumps Assayed From 0.69 To 26.4 Gram Gold Per Metric Ton And 3.4 Gram Silver Per Metric Ton Dump Material Indicates A Minor Potential For Discovery Of A Small Low Grade Gold Resource.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe Oxide, Silicification

Analytical data

Result 3 SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.02 , 0.03 , AND 0.77 OZ AU/TON
Result 1 SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.10 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss
    Rock description Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.34316, 45.20878
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Kirkpatrick (1974) Believes That What Cater Calls Cretaceous Granodiorite Of The Idaho Batholith Is Really Quartz - Feldspar Gneiss. The Age Of These Rocks Is Unknown And Assumed To Be Anywhere Between Precambrian And Cretaceous

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Edwardsburg District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 38.1M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1304, 431 P.

  • Deposit

    KIRKPATRICK, G. E., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BIG CREEK AREA, VALLEY AND IDAHO COUNTIES, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, P. 38

  • Deposit

    IBMG MINES MAP SERIES ELK CITY QUADRANGLE 1981.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 28-MAR-1995 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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