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Pullman Prospect

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070110
MRDS ID W012802
MAS/MILS ID 0160490346
Record type Site
Current site name Pullman Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.78602, 45.85516 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 20 1/4 MI. W. OF CANFIELD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deadhorse Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wallowa-Whitman 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 029N 004W 14 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Silicification, Pyritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Seven Devils Volcanics-Silicified Tuffs And Flows Porphyry
    Rock description Seven Devils Volcanics-Silicified Tuffs And Flows Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) Seven Devils Group.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Grangeville Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 524.26M

Comments on the workings information

  • Open Cuts And Pits And 2 Adits. Lower Tunnel 50 Ft. Vertically Above Water Level; Upper Tunnel 175 Ft. Vertically Above Water Level Of The Salmon River. 1320 Ft. Of Workings In Lower Level; 400 Ft. Of Workings In Upper Level.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Wagner, W. R., 1945, A Geological Reconnaissance Between The Snake And Salmon Rivers North Of Riggins, Id.: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 74, 16 P

  • Deposit

    1945 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Pamphlet 74

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-OCT-1990 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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