The Black Bear Mine is a mine located in Clear Creek county, Colorado.
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Black Bear Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Bear Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Clear Creek
District: Idaho Springs District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Commodity): Limited data in short, undated report: no record of production, reserves, or samples assayed.
Comment (Location): Adit lies on south side of Clear Creek, just west of Idaho Springs and near the Stanley Mine, on or near the line between secs. 34-35, T 3 S, R 73 W. (It's probably the unamed adit on an unamed vein between the Jumbo and Lafayette veins in USGS B1208.)
Comment (Workings): Five patented claims, with 820-ft adit, and 5 prospect holes.
References
Reference (Deposit): Moench, R. H., and Drake, A. A., Jr., 1966, Economic geology of the Idaho Springs district, Clear Creek and Gilpin counties, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1208, 91 p.
Reference (Deposit): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.
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