The Bobby Anderson Mine is a mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,300 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: 2,300 Feet (701 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 47.5147, -116.23750
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Bobby Anderson Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bobby Anderson Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Yreka
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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.
Holdings
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 6-75 FORRESTER AND NELSON (1945) REPORTED AN APPROXIMATE 670 OF TOTAL WORKINGS, INCLUDING A 170 METER WINZE SUNK AT A 69 THIS WINZE WAS REPORTED TO BE FILLED WITH WATER TO THE LEVEL MAIN DRIFT. THEY ALSO REPORTED THAT NO COMMERCIAL ORE REMAI THAT FURTHER EXPLORATION WAS NOT WARRANTED.
References
Reference (Deposit): FORRESTER AND NELSON 1945 USGS OP-FILE REPT: PB-ZN DEP PINE
Reference (Deposit): Hobbs, S. W., And Others, 1965 , Geology Of The Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 478 , 139 P., Plate 1
Reference (Deposit): FRYKLUND 1964 USGS PROF PAPER 445
Reference (Deposit): SHANNON 1926 US NATL MUSEUM BULL 131 P 168
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