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Pittsburg Mine

Past Producer in Bonneville county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105936
MRDS ID W019318
MAS/MILS ID 0160190161
Record type Site
Current site name Pittsburg Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.46641, 43.08912 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position 2.25 MI SE OF KEENAN CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonneville(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bear Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palisades(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willow(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bonneville

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004S 044E 09 SENWSW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • At Head Of Anderson Gulch

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2 SAMPLES GAVE TRACES AU AND AG, O AND 7.3 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate
    Rock unit name Wayan Formation-Carbonates
    Rock description Wayan Formation-Carbonates
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.46641, 43.08912
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mount Pisgah District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • A Small Amount Of Ore Was Produced In 1909.

Comments on the workings information

  • Adits And Pits

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hamilton, J. A., 1961 , Geology Of The Caribou Mountain Area, Bonneville And Caribou Counties, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M. S. Thesis, 59 P

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Driggs Quad, Location No. 183

  • Deposit

    Rains, R.L., And Federspiel, F.E., 1993, Mineral Resource Investigation Of The Caribou City-Stump Creek Area, Bonneville And Caribou Counties, Idaho: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 15-93, P. 19-22.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit On Same Porphyry Belt As Robinson Mine

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 20-JUN-1994 Rains, Richard U.S. Bureau of Mines

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