Black Bear Fraction Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078365
MRDS ID W026658
Record type Site
Current site name Black Bear Fraction Mine
Related records 10217631

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.85292, 47.51297 (WGS84)
Elevation 1059
Relative position 4 MI NE OF WALLACE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burke(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 005E 17 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN BLACK BEAR AND FRISCO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result EARLY (PRE-1923) ORE CONTAINED 6-8% PB, 10-15% ZN, 2-3 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Burke Formation
    Rock description Burke Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.85292, 47.51297

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 78 DEG SW
    Thickness 121.92M
    Length 152.4M
    Depth to top 1181.1M
    Depth to bottom 1059.18M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1927

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • GIVEN PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE INCOMPLETE AND MAY ALSO INCLUDE SOME OF PRODUCTION OF BLACK BEAR.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 762M
    Overall depth 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPTH AND LENGTH BELOW SURFACE 1923 FIGURES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTHS TO TOP, BOTTOM, ARE EXPRESSED IN ELEVATION. MINE IN THE GEM-GOLD HUNTER MINERAL BELT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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