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Belevedore Mine

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071456
MRDS ID W014856
MAS/MILS ID 0160490118
Record type Site
Current site name Belevedore Mine
Alternate or previous names Belvuedore, Independence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.55748, 45.69067 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 1.25 MI SSW OF OROGRANDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orogrande(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 027N 007E 11,12,13,14 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS VARY UP TO 1 + OZ OF AU AND SEVERAL OZ OF AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Biotite Gneiss, Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.55748, 45.69067
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 55 DEG W
    Dip 90 DEG
    Length 914.4M
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Orogrande District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Earl Parks

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 Adit, 1 Bulldozer Cut.

Comments on development

  • 4 Unpatented Claims - Belevedore 1, 2, 3 And Independence

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Green, W. R., 1969, Belevedore Group: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept.

  • Production

    Green, W. R., 1969, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept.

  • Deposit

    Lorain, S. H., 1938, Gold Mining And Milling In Idaho County: USBM Inf. Circ. 7039, 90 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 Duncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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