Bear Track Mine

The Bear Track Mine is a gold mine located in Idaho county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,900 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

Name: Bear Track Mine  

State:  Idaho

County:  Idaho

Elevation: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 45.24861, -115.67861

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Bear Track Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Bear Track Mine
Secondary: Linton Mines Company Mine
Secondary: Linnton Mining Co.


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Idaho
County: Idaho
District: Warren 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: Payette National Forest


Holdings

Type: Located Claim


Workings

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: G. Eipp, R. H. Stillwell, S. F. Parr, L. Donnelson, E. A. Wilcox

Owner Name: George Eipp


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: Lens

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Structure: Faulting
Description: Fault Carrying Drag Ore


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Oxidation


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Production): $1000 From Sluicing Overburden

Comment (Development): 14 Unpatented Claims

Comment (Deposit): Description Above Is For Vein

Comment (Workings): Several Prospect Pits, Cuts, 2 Tunnels

Comment (Geology): 1 Gouge Seam Strikes N 85 Deg W And Dips 50 Deg S.

Comment (Location): Prospect Is Reported On The NW Side Of Warren Creek, on ridge between Pony Creek and headwaters of Warren Creek.


References

Reference (Deposit): Reed, J. C., 1937, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Warren Mining District, Idaho County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45, 65 P

Reference (Production): Reed, J. C., 1937, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45

Reference (Deposit): Lorain, S. H., 1938, Gold Mining And Milling In Idaho County, Idaho: USBM Inf. Circ. 7039, 90 P

Reference (Production): Lorain, S. H., 1938, Gold Mining And Milling In Idaho County, Idaho: USBM Inf. Circ. 7039, 90 P


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