Golden Bear No. 1

Prospect in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10120442
MRDS ID W015233
MAS/MILS ID 0160850448
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Bear No. 1
Alternate or previous names Idaho Primitive Area.
Related records 10071706

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.13016, 45.17878 (WGS84)
Elevation 1902
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bismark Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021 N 011 E 08 NE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIM IS 0.8 KILOMETER NORTH OF BIG CREEK AND ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN LITTLE RAMEY CREEK AND CROOKED CREEK, ON THE WEST SIDE OF CARPENTERS GULCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.13016, 45.17878

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N75W
    Dip 70E
    Width 0.4M
    Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N75W:70E
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Primitive Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wiles, Wilbur And Thrall, Ray
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1961

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Indicated 4539mt ore
    Demonstrated 4539mt ore
    Total resources 4539mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 20.6 g/mt Gold Major 1973
    Silver Ag 4.5 g/mt Silver Trace 1973
    Copper Cu 0.68 wt-pct Copper Trace 1973

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SILVER MINERALIZATION UNDETERMINED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO, USGS BULLETIN

  • Deposit

    1304; 1973, P. 156-157.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-MAY-1995 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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