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Golden Bear Claims

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071706
MRDS ID W015233
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Bear Claims
Related records 10120442

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.12929, 45.1796 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 11 MI NE OF BIG CREEK (TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bismark Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 011E 08 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • .5 MI N. OF BIG CREEK; MIDWAY BETWEEN LITTLE RAMEY CREEK AND CROOKED CREEK; ON W. SIDE CARPENTERS GULCH LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AVERAGE ASSAYS: 0.6 OZ AU, 0.13 OZ AG/TON; 0.68% CU.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe Oxides; Leaching

Analytical data

Result 6 SAMPLES ASSAYED TRACE TO 1.18 OZ AU, TRACE TO 0.3 OZ AG/TON
Result AND 0.11 TO 0.97% CU. 0.03% CO IN 1 SAMPLE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Rock unit name Ramey Ridge Equivalent-Intrusive Igneous Rocks
    Rock description Ramey Ridge Equivalent-Intrusive Igneous Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.12929, 45.1796
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Boxwork

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 75 DEG W
    Dip 65 DEG NE
    Length 97.54M
    Width 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Wilbur Wiles, Ray Thrall

Mining district

District name Ramey Ridge District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Wiles, Wilbur And Thrall, Ray

Comments on development

  • 2 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1304, 431 P

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON F. W. CATER AND OTHERS, BULL. 130

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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