The Bundy Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Camas county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,100 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 8,100 Feet (2,469 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 43.5675, -114.60060
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Bundy Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bundy Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Camas
District: Willow Cr. 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: Sawtooth National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Bundy Lead And Silver Mines, Inc..
Home Office: Boise, Id.
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Smoky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Considerable Post Mineralization Shear Has Taken Place
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Fe-Stained Gossan
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON THE RIDGE BETWEEN CABIN GULCH AND WILLOW CREEK.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SMALL PITS AND THREE SHORT ADITS (1951)
References
Reference (Deposit): COMMODITY FILES, USGS, SPOKANE, WA
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