The Pine Creek Pass Coal Prospect is a mine located in Teton county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 43.5717, -111.21860
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Pine Creek Pass Coal Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pine Creek Pass Coal Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Bituminous
Location
State: Idaho
County: Teton
District: Pine Creek 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: Targhee National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Sedimentary
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1912
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Big Hole Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Minor Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Clay, Mud
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Name: Clay, Mud
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ANALYSIS ABOVE FOR SAMPLE AS RECEIVED
Analytical Data: AFTER MOISTURE REMOVED, 25.2 % VOLATILE MATTER, 36.4 % FIXED CARBON, 38.4 % ASH, 1.41 % SULFUR, 7940 BTU'S
Analytical Data: 1 GRAB SAMPLE OF SELECTED COAL HAD 0.002 % U AND 50.0 % ASH
Analytical Data: OTHER GRAB SAMPLES OF COALY SHALE AND LIMESTONE GAVE 0.001 - 0.003 % EU AND 58.5 - 63.5 % ASH
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1912 ( REOPENED 1917 )
Comment (Location): AT PINE CREEK PASS, LOCATION APPROXIMATE
References
Reference (Deposit): MANSFIELD, G. R., 1920 , COAL IN EASTERN IDAHO: USGS BULLETIN 716-F, P. 134
Reference (Deposit): VINE, J. D., 1959 , GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS IN CARBONACEOUS ROCKS OF THE FALL CREEK AREA, BONNEVILLE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1055-I, P. 255 - 294
Reference (Deposit): 1918 RECON A. R. SCHULTZ, BULL. 680
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON G. R. MANSFIELD, BULL. 716-F
Reference (Deposit): 1959 RECON J. D. VINE, BULL. 1055-I
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