| Deposit ID | 10071994 |
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| MRDS ID | W015796 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pittsburg-Idaho Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Silver Dollar, 16 To 1, Gilmore, Neversweat |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.2847, 44.4522 (WGS84) |
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| Elevation | 2499 |
| Relative position | 1 MI WSW OF GILMORE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lemhi(county)
Idaho(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gilmore(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Borah Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lemhi(hydrologic unit)
Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)
Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Idaho | Lemhi |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise | 013N | 027E | 18 | Idaho |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calamine | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Iron | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Result | 37% PB, 15.25 OZ AG/TON ORE AVG. ANOTHER ORE BODY HAD (IN 1907) 35% PB, 20 OZ AG/TON, $0.50 AU/TO |
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| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Dikes-Quartz Diorite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Dikes-Quartz Diorite | ||||||||
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| Host or associated | Host |
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| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Jefferson Limestone |
| Rock description | Jefferson Limestone |
| (1) | -113.2847, 44.4522 |
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| Type of structure | Local |
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| Structure description | Slickensides |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure description | Folding |
| General form | TABULAR, IRREGULAR |
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| Strike | N 15 DEG E |
| Dip | 70 DEG W |
| Length | 121.92M |
| Width | 9.14M |
| Depth to top | 60.96M |
| Depth to bottom | 213.36M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
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| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1904 |
| District name | Texas District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
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| Owner | Pittsburg Idaho Co., Ltd. |
| First year | 1913 |
| Year | 1904 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^Ave 45 % Pb, 22 Oz Ag/Ton | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1906 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^Ave 60 % Pb, 30 Oz Ag/Ton | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1906 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
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| Length | 762M |
| Overall depth | 198.12M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W015796 | |
| Idaho Geological Survey | Idaho Mines and Prospects | IMP | DU0196 | http://www.idahogeology.org/ |
UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL 528, 182 P.
NICHOLS, R., 1913, LEAD-SILVER MINES OF GILMORE, IDAHO: AM. INST. MINING ENGINEERS TRANS., V. 46, P. 937-939.
BELL, R. N., 1905, REPORT OF THE MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1904
5) BELL, R. N., 1906, SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1905.
6) BELL, R. N., 1907, EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1906
7) BELL, R. N., 1908, NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1907
8) MOORE, F. C., 1911, TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1910
9) BELL, R. N., 1912, THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1911
1913 RECON UMPLEBY, J. B., BULL 528
ITEMS 8, 9, UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, USGS BULL. 528; ITEM 10, NICHOLS, R., 1913, AM. INST. MINING ENGINEERS TRANS., V. 46, P. 937; ITEM 11, KOSCHMANN, A.H., AND BERGENDAHL, M. H., 1968, USGS PROF. PAPER 610; ITEM 1, BELL, R. N., 1905, MINING INDUSTRY REPORT FOR 1904; ITEM 2, BELL, R.N., 1906, MINING INDUSTRY REPORT FOR 1905; ITEM 3, BELL, R. N., 1907, MINING INDUSTRY REPORT FOR 1906; ITEMS 4, 5, MOORE, F. C., 1911, MINING INDUSTRY REPORT FOR 1910; ITEM 6, BELL, R. N., 1912, MINING INDUSTRY REPORT FOR 1911
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 3 VEINS, DIPS ARE WESTWARD AND BETWEEN 45 AND 90 DEG |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1976-06-01 | Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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