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Pilgrim Mine

Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070602
MRDS ID W013603
Record type Site
Current site name Pilgrim Mine
Related records 10289846

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.89093, 43.84849 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position 12 1/4 MI. WSW OF GALENA, ID.
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 013E 15 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 2/3 MI. SW OF SILVER KING

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Proustite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gouge, Sericite

Analytical data

Result SOME ORE RAN 10 - 40 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.89093, 43.84849
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Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Width 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault, Shear Zone

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1879

Mining district

District name Sawtooth District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Martin Pollack

Comments on the production information

  • $300,000 PRODUCTION

Comments on development

  • 1 PATENTED AND 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS W013603
Idaho Geological Survey Idaho Mines and Prospects IMP HA_846 http://www.idahogeology.org/

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1975, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES, 1974, USBM, BOISE, IDAHO, 61 P.

  • Deposit

    BALLARD, S. M., 1922, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ALTURAS QUADRANGLE, BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 5, 33 P.

  • Deposit

    1922 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 5

  • Deposit

    1975 COMPILE USBM, MINING ACTIVITY LIST, 1974

  • Production

    BALLARD, S. M., 1922, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 5.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey