Bear Top Mine

Occurrence in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010381
MRDS ID D004002
Record type Site
Current site name Bear Top Mine
Related records 10265948

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.74042, 47.61567 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 3.5 MI W OF CLEAR PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thompson Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 049N 006E 05,06 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • IN BEAR GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) Prichard Formation.

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone Offset By Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 LEVELS, STOPING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOREST SERVICE FILES, MISSOULA, MT.

  • Deposit

    HOSTERMAN, 1965, USGS BULL 1027-P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Chesson, Sharon A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.