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Golden Bear No. 2

Prospect in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Cobalt, Gold, Manganese, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  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 10290489
MAS/MILS ID 0160850509
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Bear No. 2
Alternate or previous names Idaho Primitive Area.

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.13016, 45.17878
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip 85W
    Length 6.1M
    Width 0.9M
    Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N70E:85W
    Date of Last Modification 800923

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO, USGS BULLETIN

  • Deposit

    1304; 1973, P. 156-157.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLDEN BEAR NO. 2 IS ABOUT 183 METERS SOUTH OF GOLDEN BEAR NO.1. A SAMPLE ACROSS NE END OF VEIN EXPOSURE CONTAINED 0.03 PERCENT COBALT, 0.5 PERCENT MANGANESE, TRACE GOLD AND SILVER VEIN 30 M. NW OF GOLDEN BEAR NO. 2 SAMPLE ASSAYED GOLD AT 27 GRAM PER M.TON, SILVER AT 17.0 GRAM PER M. TON.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-MAY-95 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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