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Black Bear Mine

Occurrence in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10311037
MAS/MILS ID 80190259
Record type Site
Current site name Black Bear Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.53726, 39.74388 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clear Creek(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Idaho Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clear(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Clear Creek

Comments on the location information

  • Adit lies on south side of Clear Creek, just west of Idaho Springs and near the Stanley Mine, on or near the line between secs. 34-35, T 3 S, R 73 W. (It's probably the unamed adit on an unamed vein between the Jumbo and Lafayette veins in USGS B1208.)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Limited data in short, undated report: no record of production, reserves, or samples assayed.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.53726, 39.74388
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence

Mining district

District name Idaho Springs District

Comments on the workings information

  • Five patented claims, with 820-ft adit, and 5 prospect holes.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.

  • Deposit

    Moench, R. H., and Drake, A. A., Jr., 1966, Economic geology of the Idaho Springs district, Clear Creek and Gilpin counties, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1208, 91 p.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-DEC-05 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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