The Pony Gulch Mine is a gold and tungsten mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,051 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,051 Feet (930 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Tungsten
Lat, Long: 47.58694, -115.89389
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Pony Gulch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pony Gulch Mine
Secondary: Kennan Property
Secondary: Canyon Corp. Property
Secondary: North Idaho Mines Inc. Property
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Coeur d'Alene National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: George A. Preston
Years: 1955 -
Owner Name: Robert Skeman And Howard Carter, North Idaho Mines, Inc.
Home Office: N. 2324 Park Road, Spokane, Wa.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Shear Zone.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): D.M.E.A. CONTRACT IDM-E471 WAS COMPLETED 11-30-54.
Comment (Deposit): PONY CREEK WAS PLACERED FOR GOLD BUT THE TUNGSTEN CAME FROM VEIN DEPOSITS DEVELOPED IN A SHEAR ZONE.
Comment (Workings): ADIT, SHAFT
Comment (Deposit): A D.M.E.A. PROJECT WAS TERMINATED IN 1954. FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE D.M.E.A. CONTRACT IDM-E471.
Comment (Commodity): PROSPECT WAS FIRST WORKED FOR PLACER GOLD (PRE 1940) AND LATER FOR TUNGSTEN.
Comment (Location): 1.75 MILES UP PONY GULCH FROM &TS JUNCTION WITH BEAVER CREEK. ADIT IS NEAR CREEK LEVEL.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY COMMODITY FILES, SPOKANE, WA
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