Mine detail: Pittsburg-Idaho Mine

Previously called 'NeversweatGilmore16 To 1Silver Dollar'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.4521, -113.28559

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Silver
Tertiary: Zinc, Gold
Ore: Galena, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calamine, Hematite, Iron, Limonite, Pyrite
Orebody form: TABULAR, IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1904

Geology

Host rock:Jefferson Limestone
Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Dikes-Quartz Diorite
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Folding, Slickensides
Alteration processes:Oxidation

References

MRDSW015796
DEP10071994
Reference{Deposit:: UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL 528, 182 P.}{Deposit:: NICHOLS, R., 1913, LEAD-SILVER MINES OF GILMORE, IDAHO: AM. INST. MINING ENGINEERS TRANS., V. 46, P. 937-939.}{Deposit:: KOSCHMANN, A. H., AND BERGENDAHL, M. H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD-PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES: USGS PROF. PAPER 610, P. 120-141}{Deposit:: BELL, R. N., 1905, REPORT OF THE MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1904}{Deposit:: 5) BELL, R. N., 1906, SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1905.}{Deposit:: 6) BELL, R. N., 1907, EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1906}{Deposit:: 7) BELL, R. N., 1908, NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1907}{Deposit:: 8) MOORE, F. C., 1911, TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1910}{Deposit:: 9) BELL, R. N., 1912, THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1911}{Deposit:: 1905 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTO* REPORT FOR 1904}{Deposit:: 1906 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTO* REPORT FOR 1905}{Deposit:: 1907 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTO* REPORT FOR 1906}{Deposit:: 1908 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTO* REPORT FOR 1907}{Deposit:: 1911 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTO* REPORT FOR 1910 {{1912 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTO* REPORT FOR 1911}{Deposit:: 1913 RECON UMPLEBY, J. B., BULL 528}{Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE A. H. KOSCHMANN AND M. H. BERGENDAHL, PROF. PAPER 610}{Production:: 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}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)