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Pony Gulch Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012599
MRDS ID D008297
Record type Site
Current site name Pony Gulch Mine
Alternate or previous names Kennan Property, Canyon Corp. Property, North Idaho Mines Inc. Property
Related records 10120505

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.89491, 47.58681 (WGS84)
Elevation 930
Relative position 11.25 MILES N5E OF WALLACE, ID

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Osburn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 049N 004E 13,24 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1.75 MILES UP PONY GULCH FROM &TS JUNCTION WITH BEAVER CREEK. ADIT IS NEAR CREEK LEVEL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROSPECT WAS FIRST WORKED FOR PLACER GOLD (PRE 1940) AND LATER FOR TUNGSTEN.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation
    Rock description Prichard Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.89491, 47.58681
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Shear Zone.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins In A Nw-Trending Shear Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Robert Skeman And Howard Carter, North Idaho Mines, Inc.
    Home office N. 2324 Park Road, Spokane, Wa.
  • Type Owner
    Owner George A. Preston
    First year 1955

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, SHAFT

Comments on development

  • D.M.E.A. CONTRACT IDM-E471 WAS COMPLETED 11-30-54.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY COMMODITY FILES, SPOKANE, WA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PONY CREEK WAS PLACERED FOR GOLD BUT THE TUNGSTEN CAME FROM VEIN DEPOSITS DEVELOPED IN A SHEAR ZONE.
Deposit A D.M.E.A. PROJECT WAS TERMINATED IN 1954. FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE D.M.E.A. CONTRACT IDM-E471.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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