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Pocahontas Claims

Past Producer in Clark county in Idaho, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011677
MRDS ID D006761
Record type Site
Current site name Pocahontas Claims
Alternate or previous names Bare and Chastaine Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.89254, 44.22407 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position 3.5 MI NE OF LANE PINE, IDA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Dome(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Birch(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 010N 030E 04 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED BETWEEN PIERCE CANYON AND O'BRIEN GULCH; LOCATED ON MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.89254, 44.22407
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Nw Fault With 50 Ft Of Gouge And Crushed Dolomite

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 67SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Large Nw Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Birch Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Targhee National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Paul C. Bare, Mrs. Dale Bare, And Charles Chastaine

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE 460 FT. ADIT WITH A WINZE, WITH THREE SHORT DRIFTS, ONE 250 FT LONG TRENCH, AND SEVERAL SMALL PITS

Comments on development

  • FOUR CLAIMS, POCAHONTAS 1-4, COMPRISED THE PROPERTY IN 1957. DMEA LOAN APPLICATION, POCKET NO. 4531, WAS MADE IN 1957.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY FILES, U.S.G.S., SPOKANE, WA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOUR CLAIMS, POCAHONTAS 1-4
Deposit FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE D.M.E.A. POCKET NO. 4531. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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