The Bruce Claim Group is a lead mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 9,199 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: 9,199 Feet (2,804 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 44.3775, -113.27420
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Bruce Claim Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bruce Claim Group
Secondary: Bruce - Stone Copper Group
Secondary: Bruce Estate
Secondary: Silver Consolidated Mines
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Spring Mountain 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: Targhee National Forest
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Snook, Quinton And Lois
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1988
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Lemhi Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, CHIMNEY
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE SAMPLED 2% CU, 2 OZ AG/TON, $1 AU/TON
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Location): Claims extend along mountain slope near summit for 2 mi S from Dry Gulch, plot is near N end of this 2 mi length
References
Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, J. B., 1913, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 528, 104p.
Reference (Deposit): Bell, R. N., 1908, Ninth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1907
Reference (Deposit): 1908 Compile State Mine Inspector's Report For 1907
Reference (Deposit): 1913 Geolmap Umpleby, J. B., Bulletin 528
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