Bobby Anderson Mine

The Bobby Anderson Mine is a lead 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

Name: Bobby Anderson Mine  

State:  Idaho

County:  Shoshone

Elevation: 2,300 Feet (701 Meters)

Commodity: Lead

Lat, Long: 47.5147, -116.23750

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Bobby Anderson Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Bobby Anderson Mine
Secondary: New Era Property


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc


Location

State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene District


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

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: New Era Mines, Inc.

Owner Name: Epic Silver, Inc.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: St. Joe Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Brecciation


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Fe Stains


Rocks

Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Lead
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): E SIDE PINE CREEK, DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE NORTHERN LIGHT MINE. PROPERTY ADJOINS NEW GENERAL AND ASARCO'S PAGE GROUP

Comment (Production): CARLOAD SHIPPED

Comment (Development): 77 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, 4 PATENTED CLAIMS ON PINE CR AND 16 CLAIMS S OF SILVER BOWL HELD BY NEW ERA. THE 165 CLAIMS HELD BY EPIC SILVER PROJECT ALSO INCLUDE LOOKOUT MTN, SPOKANE NAT'L AND SIGNAL SILVER

Comment (Workings): MAIN TUNNEL, 5 SHORT CROSSCUTS


References

Reference (Deposit): FORRESTER, J. D., AND NELSON, V. E., 1944 , LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE PINE CREEK AREA, COEUR D'ALENE MINING REGION, SHOSHONE CO., IDAHO: USGS SMI OPEN - FILE REPT., 27 P.

Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F. C., 1909 , A GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE IN NORTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHWESTERN MONTANA: USGS BULL. 384, 112 P.

Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE CHRONICLE, JAN. 30 , 1968 .

Reference (Deposit): 5) MAC DONALD, D. F., 1906 , ECONOMIC FEATURES OF NORTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHWESTERN MONTANA: USGS BULL. 285 , P. 41 - 52

Reference (Deposit): 1909 RECON F. C. CALKINS, BULL. 384

Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON E. L. JONES, BULL. 710

Reference (Deposit): 1944 OTHER FORRESTER & NELSON, SMI O. F. REPT.

Reference (Production): JONES, E. L., JR., 1920 , U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 710 , 36 P.

Reference (Deposit): JONES, EDWARD L., JR., 1920 , A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE PINE CREEK DISTRICT, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 710 , 36 P.


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