The Brown Bear Prospect is a silver mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,799 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: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 44.5967, -115.10970
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Brown Bear Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Brown Bear Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Sulfides
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Seafoam District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Primitive 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.
Administrative Organization: Idaho Primitive Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Marion C. Smith
Home Office: Oregon
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Surface
Discovery Year: 1960
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: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Fe Oxides
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1 SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.03 OZ AU/TON, 6.5 OZ AG/TON
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): A SAMPLE CONTAINED 1.0 GRAM GOLD AND 222.7 GRAM SILVER PER METRIC TON. (MAS data)
Comment (Location): AT RIDGE CREST; 1 MI E OF GREYHOUND MOUNTAIN.
Comment (Development): 2 CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): 4 PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, BULL. 130
Reference (Deposit): CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1304, 431 P
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