Pilot Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078314
MRDS ID W026588
Record type Site
Current site name Pilot Mine
Related records 10217339

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.84712, 47.62847 (WGS84)
Elevation 930
Relative position .25 MI E OF MURRAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Murray(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 049N 005E 05 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • .5 MI ABOVE MOUTH OF GOLD RUN GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Ankerite, Sericite, Chlorite, Apatite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation
    Rock description Prichard Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.84712, 47.62847

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 DEG W
    Dip 70 DEG NE
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1928
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^15.45 Oz Au, 19.0 Oz Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 436g/mt
    Ore Silver Silver 537g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 TUNNEL

Comments on development

  • 12 PATENTED, 14 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHENON, P. J., 1938 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR MURRAY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47 , 44 P

  • Deposit

    1938 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47

  • Deposit

    1953 GEOLMAP J. W. HOSTERMAN, BULL. 1027 - P

  • Production

    SHENON, P. J., 1938 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47 , 44 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRICHARD BEDDING STRIKES N 15 DEG W, DIPS 17 DEG NE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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