The Bethlehem Mine is a lead mine located in Boundary county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,199 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 48.8931, -116.30470
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Bethlehem Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bethlehem Mine
Secondary: Dora Tunnel Prospect
Secondary: Brush Lake Mines
Secondary: Mable Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Sulfur
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Boundary
District: Brush Lake District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Kaniksu National Forest
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: W. Tilley
Owner Name: Bethlehem Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Purcell Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Structure: Gouge Seam
Type: L
Structure: Vein In Sill
Type: L
Description: Kaniksu Batholith; Vein In Sill
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): One Vein Strikes N 50 Deg W, Dips 43 - 53 Deg Sw
Comment (Development): W. Tilley Did Direxpl In 1968, Working On Lowest Adit: $5 To $10/Ton, For All Metals
Comment (Workings): Lowest Adit Is 400 Ft Long, Strikes N 60 Deg E, In A Sill; Main Level, Open Cuts, 2 Short Adits On Joint Planes
Comment (Development): 7 Unpatented Claims
References
Reference (Deposit): Soper, E. K., 1918 , Mining Districts Of Northern Idaho: Mining And Scientific Press, V. 116 , P. 121 - 126
Reference (Deposit): 1926 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Bulletin 10
Reference (Deposit): Kirkham, Virgil R. D., And Ellis, Ernest W., 1926, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Boundary County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin, No. 10, 78 P.
Reference (Deposit): Brackebusch, F. W., 1969, Economic Geology Of The Queen Mountain Area, A Part Of The Purcell Range, Boundary County, Idaho: Unpublished Thesis, Univ. Idaho, 76 P.
Reference (Deposit): Kiilsgaard, T. H., 1951, Descriptions Of Some Ore Deposits And The Relationships To The Purcell Sills, Boundary County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Pamphlet 85, 31 P.
Reference (Deposit): Bishop, Don, Geology Of Boundary County: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet In Preparation.
Reference (Deposit): 1951 Other Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 85
Reference (Deposit): 1968 Direxpl Tilley Worked On Lowest Adit: $5 - $10 Per Ton All Metals
Reference (Deposit): 1973 Other Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Open - File Rept.
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