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Be Van Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Quartz
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011558
MRDS ID D006566
MAS/MILS ID 0160590017
Record type Site
Current site name Be Van Mine
Alternate or previous names Indian Cr. Mine, White Christmas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.16013, 45.41709 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 6 MI N65E FROM SHOUP ID, Within 0.1 Mi.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ulysses(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 024N 019E 07 SW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Located About 250 Yards Up Crystal Gulch From The Mouth

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary

Analytical data

Result MINE YIELDED UNKNOWN QUANTITY OF OSCILLATOR GRADE QUARTZ

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.16013, 45.41709
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1918

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Percy L. Dennis, C.W. Randolph, D.F. Wiley, F.J. Evans
    First year 1943

Comments on development

  • E.F. Cenis Worked The Property Prior To 1943 For Quartz. It Was Staked As A Placer Claim In 1943 By Dennis And Others.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Commodity Files, USGS, Spokane Wa

  • Deposit

    Us Bureau Of Mines War Minerals Report No. 144, 1943

  • Deposit

    USBM Wfoc Wilderness Studies

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit See Us Bureau Of Mines War Minerals Report 144 (1943) For More Information ; Info.Src : 2 Unpub Rept

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-80 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-MAR-95 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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