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Pittsburg Mine

Unknown in Elmore county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10265731
MAS/MILS ID 0160390013
Record type Site
Current site name Pittsburg Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.30764, 43.68988 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elmore(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rocky Bar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise 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 Elmore

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004 N 010 E 07 C S2SE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Bornite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.30764, 43.68988
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N13W
    Dip 85E
    Thickness 0M
    Depth to top 60M
    Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N13W:85E
    Minimum Depth to Top 30
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 15
    Date of Last Modification 800922

Comments on the geologic information

  • NARROW LENTICULAR SHAPED COPPER BEARING ORE BODIES OCCUR AS REPLACEMENTS IN A SHEAR ZONE IN AMPHIBOLITE SCHISTS. THE ZONE OF OXIDATION EXTENDS TO A DEPTH OF 100 FEET, BELOW WHICH THE MINERALIZATION CONSISTS CHIEFLY OF CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRITE. THE SURFACE IS HIGHLY LEACHED AND THE COMMERCIAL SECONDARY ENRICHED ZONE EXTENDS FROM THE 25 TO 100 FOOT LEVELS. THE INDICATED THICKNESS OF ORE BODIES VARY FROM ONE TO SIX FEET AND PROBABLY AVERAGE ABOUT 3 FEET OTHER WIDELY SEPARATED ZONES ALONG THE STRIKE HAVE BEEN PROSPECTED BY SHAFTS AND TRENCHES, BUT ATTRACTIVE ORE BODIES WERE NOT DEVELOPED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Erma Daulton-Hatch And Hazel Daulton-Downey
    Home office California
    Year 1948
  • Type Operator
    Owner John E Sisson, William Hoff, Et. Al.
    Home office California
    Year 1943

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON,ALFRED,L.1943,IDA.BMGEOL PAM.65 P.25

  • Deposit

    PROD:>$300,000 BALLARD,S.M.IDABMGEOL.PAM.28 P.25

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 9 SAMPLES TAKEN AVERAGED 0.22 PERCENT COBALT, 5.03 PERCENT COPPER, TRACE TO 0.11 OZ PER TON GOLD, AND 0.39 OZ PER TON SILVER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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