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Cougar Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070820
MRDS ID W013920
Record type Site
Current site name Cougar Mine
Related records 10144430

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.30265, 44.68048 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Relative position 15 MI S OF STIBNITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chinook Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 016N 009E 36 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEAD OF GUN CREEK AT NW END OF PISTOL CREEK RIDGE AREA LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe Stains

Analytical data

Result 5 DUMP SAMPLES RANGED TRACE TO 0.66 OZ AU/TON, 0.09 TO 2.38 OZ. AG/TON
Result CHIP SAMPLES ASSAYED TRACE TO 0.39 OZ. AU/TON, TRACE TO 0.79 OZ AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.30265, 44.68048
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, IRREGULAR
    Strike N 55 DEG W
    Dip 65 DEG NE
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1936
Discoverer Bob Johnson, Dick Leahy, Earl Kimball

Mining district

District name Pistol Creek District

Land status

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 853.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, BULL. 130

  • Production

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, USGS BULL. 1304, 431 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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