Black Bear

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10217631
MRDS ID W026658
MAS/MILS ID 0160790083
Record type Site
Current site name Black Bear
Related records 10078365

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.85292, 47.51297 (WGS84)
Elevation 1037
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 048 N 005 E 19 SWNWNW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.85292, 47.51297

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E00W
    Dip 85N
    Thickness 317M
    Length 100M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip E00W:85N
    Date of Last Modification 810128

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lelande Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Black Bear Mines Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROSBY 1969 COLO SCH MINES QRTLY VOL 64 NO 1 P 169-194

  • Deposit

    FRYKLUND (WITH A SECTION BY WEIS) 1964 USGS PROF PAPER 445

  • Deposit

    RANSOME AND CALKINS 1908 USGS PROF PAPER 62 203P

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY AND JONES 1923 USGS BULL 732 156P

  • Deposit

    GRIGGS 1952 USGS OPEN FILE REPT 108P 23 PLS GLGY NOTES CNY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6-75 CROSBY (1969) GIVES TOTAL PRODUCTION FOR 1949-1950 AS 1 ST (15,650 METRIC TONS) WITH AN AVERAGE GRADE OF 0.6 OZ AG P 1.8% PB AND 5.8% ZN. 6-75 MINOR PRODUCTION (LESS THAN 1000 METRIC TONS) WAS REPO 1973. 12-75 THE BLACK BEAR WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF THE FRISCO GROU RECENT YEARS THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN WORKED ON A SMALL SCALE A SEPARATE MINE. 12-75 THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY BLACK BEAR MINES CO., WALLAC GOLCONDA HAS A CONTROLLING INTEREST IN BLACK BEAR MINES CO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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