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Bear Track Mine

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodity 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Mineral rights holdings
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071836
MRDS ID W015420
MAS/MILS ID 0160490484
Record type Site
Current site name Bear Track Mine
Alternate or previous names Linton Mines Company Mine, Linnton Mining Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.67958, 45.24848 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position 1.5 MI S OF WARREN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pony Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 022N 006E 23, 25 SE (23), NWNESW (25) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Prospect Is Reported On The NW Side Of Warren Creek, on ridge between Pony Creek and headwaters of Warren Creek.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.67958, 45.24848
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Faulting
Structure description Fault Carrying Drag Ore

Ore body information

  • Strike N 85 DEG W
    Dip 50 DEG S
    Thickness 0.03M
  • General form Lens
    Strike S 60 DEG W
    Dip 75 DEG SE
    Length 24.38M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joints
  • Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • 1 Gouge Seam Strikes N 85 Deg W And Dips 50 Deg S.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Warren District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner George Eipp
  • Type Owner
    Owner G. Eipp, R. H. Stillwell, S. F. Parr, L. Donnelson, E. A. Wilcox

Comments on the production information

  • $1000 From Sluicing Overburden

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 85.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • Several Prospect Pits, Cuts, 2 Tunnels

Comments on development

  • 14 Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Reed, J. C., 1937, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Warren Mining District, Idaho County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45, 65 P

  • Production

    Reed, J. C., 1937, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Description Above Is For Vein

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-OCT-1990 Hughes, Curt A. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 01-OCT-1993 Cookro, Terry U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 06-JAN-1994 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

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