The Black Pine Mine is a gold mine located in Cassia county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,070 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: 6,070 Feet (1,850 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 42.08, -113.04610
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Black Pine Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Pine Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Cassia
District: Black Pine 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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Black Pine Mining
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1996
Owner Name: Pegasus Gold Inc.
Company ID: 1001436
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1994
Production
Year: 1995
Description: Silver Production 59300 T Oz/Yr Silver
Year: 1995
Description: Gold Production 108500 T Oz/Yr Gold
Year: 1994
Description: Silver Production 39100 T Oz/Yr
Year: 1994
Description: Gold Production 65700 T Oz/Yr
Year: 1993
Description: Silver Production 28600 T Oz/Yr
Year: 1993
Description: Gold Production 66100 T Oz/Yr
Year: 1992
Description: Gold Production 48700 T Oz/Yr
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Electrowin
Year First Production: 1992
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Sediment-hosted Au
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): TOTAL DEMONSTRATED RESERVES; PROV + PROB + ALL MINERALIZED MATERIAL, 12/31/96: COF FOR PROV + PROB 0.31 G/MT SR 1.8:1.0
Comment (Exploration): AS OF 1994 AN INTENSIVE EXPLORATION PROGRAM IS UNDERWAY TO INCREASE RESERVES.
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): PEGASUS GOLD INC. 1995 FORM 10-K, PP. 7, 9, 23.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING
Reference (Reserve-Resource): COMPANIES, P193.
Reference (Deposit): MSHA REPORT DATED APRINL 1980
Reference (Deposit): PAY DIRT, 3-93, P.19B.
Reference (Deposit): PEGASUS GOLD INC. 1994 FORM 10-K, PP. 6, 8, 20.
Reference (Deposit): PEGASUS GOLD INC. 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, P.5,10.
Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING
Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P266.
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #34, AUG. 21, 1996, P19.
Reference (Deposit): PEGASUS GOLD INC. 1996 ANNUAL REPORT & FORM 10-K, PP. 6-7,18
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