The Pocahontas Claims is a copper mine located in Clark county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,300 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: 7,300 Feet (2,225 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 44.22417, -112.89167
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Pocahontas Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pocahontas Claims
Secondary: Bare and Chastaine Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Clark
District: Birch 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Paul C. Bare, Mrs. Dale Bare, And Charles Chastaine
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Beaverhead Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Large Nw Fault With 50 Ft Of Gouge And Crushed Dolomite
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED BETWEEN PIERCE CANYON AND O'BRIEN GULCH; LOCATED ON MAP
Comment (Development): FOUR CLAIMS, POCAHONTAS 1-4, COMPRISED THE PROPERTY IN 1957. DMEA LOAN APPLICATION, POCKET NO. 4531, WAS MADE IN 1957.
Comment (Deposit): FOUR CLAIMS, POCAHONTAS 1-4
Comment (Workings): ONE 460 FT. ADIT WITH A WINZE, WITH THREE SHORT DRIFTS, ONE 250 FT LONG TRENCH, AND SEVERAL SMALL PITS
Comment (Deposit): FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE D.M.E.A. POCKET NO. 4531. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): COMMODITY FILES, U.S.G.S., SPOKANE, WA
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