Bobby Anderson Mine

Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073423
MRDS ID W019500
Record type Site
Current site name Bobby Anderson Mine
Alternate or previous names New Era Property
Related records 10290305

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.23853, 47.51457 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Relative position 6 MI SW OF KELLOGG

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 048N 002E 17,08 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • E SIDE PINE CREEK, DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE NORTHERN LIGHT MINE. PROPERTY ADJOINS NEW GENERAL AND ASARCO'S PAGE GROUP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Lead Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe Stains

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation-Banded Slate, Quartzite, Argillite
    Rock description Prichard Formation-Banded Slate, Quartzite, Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.23853, 47.51457

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation

Ore body information

  • Strike N 74 DEG W
    Dip 67 DEG S
    Length 12.19M
    Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Epic Silver, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner New Era Mines, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • CARLOAD SHIPPED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 487.68M
    Overall depth 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN TUNNEL, 5 SHORT CROSSCUTS

Comments on development

  • 77 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, 4 PATENTED CLAIMS ON PINE CR AND 16 CLAIMS S OF SILVER BOWL HELD BY NEW ERA. THE 165 CLAIMS HELD BY EPIC SILVER PROJECT ALSO INCLUDE LOOKOUT MTN, SPOKANE NAT'L AND SIGNAL SILVER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references