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Boulder - Bonanza Group

Past Producer in Bear Lake county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090101
MRDS ID W026126
MAS/MILS ID 0160070046
Record type Site
Current site name Boulder - Bonanza Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.4969, 42.25522 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 5 MI WNW OF PARIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bear Lake(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ovid(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bear Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee 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 Bear Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 013S 042E 36 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • About 1 Mi N And E Of Hummingbird
  • On Steep Eastward Facing Slope

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Jasper Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe Stains

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Blacksmith Limestone;Ute Limestone
    Rock description Blacksmith Limestone;Ute Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.4969, 42.25522
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone Of Blacksmith And Ute Limestones

Comments on the geologic information

  • Ute Limestone Is Host, But Mine Workings May Extend Into Blacksmith Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1913

Mining district

District name Bear Lake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Cache National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • Production Totaled 1 Carload

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Material Above On Dump

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

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