Bobby Anderson Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10290305
MRDS ID W019500
MAS/MILS ID 0160790055
Record type Site
Current site name Bobby Anderson Mine
Related records 10073423

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.23853, 47.51457 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kellogg West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coeur D'Alene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048 N 002 E 08 SESWSW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.23853, 47.51457

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N74W
    Dip 67S
    Thickness 30M
    Length 200M
    Width 75M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Strike And Dip N74W:67S
    Date of Last Modification 810629

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Yreka

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6-75 FORRESTER AND NELSON (1945) REPORTED AN APPROXIMATE 670 OF TOTAL WORKINGS, INCLUDING A 170 METER WINZE SUNK AT A 69 THIS WINZE WAS REPORTED TO BE FILLED WITH WATER TO THE LEVEL MAIN DRIFT. THEY ALSO REPORTED THAT NO COMMERCIAL ORE REMAI THAT FURTHER EXPLORATION WAS NOT WARRANTED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-OCT-1990 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references