Beartrack

The Beartrack is a gold mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,890 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

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Site Name

Primary: Beartrack
Secondary: Moose Creek
Secondary: South Gold Ridge
Secondary: North Gold Ridge
Secondary: South Pit

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Beartrack

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.

Holdings

Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: FMC Gold Co. (80% Owned By FMC Corp.)
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Illinois
Info Year: 1996

Owner Name: Meridian Gold Co. (Successor To FMC Gold Co.)
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1996 -

Production

Year: 1996
Mined: 4822610.620 mt
Material type: ore
Description: Ore Processed @ 0.026 Opt 4375000 St Ore
Year: 1995
Mined: 4300115.210 mt
Material type: ore
Description: Ore Processed @ 0.034 Opt 3901000 St Ore
Year: 1998
Mined: 4506247.360 mt
Year: 1997
Mined: 4188781.800 mt
Year: 1999
Year: 2000
Year: 2001
Year: 2002
Year: 2003
Year: 2004
Year: 2005
Year: 2006

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: 1995
Year Last Production: 2006
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Distal disseminated Ag-Au

Orebody

Name: Beartrack
Form: Disseminated, Stockwork , Vein (lode)

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Arsenopyrite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Boulangerite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): MILS MINES I.D. (MSHA.DBF #) 1001574 IS PROBOBLY FOR THE COMPANY LISTED AS, MERIDIAN GOLD COMPANY, ON MSHA.DBF. MILS RES_ID # IS 1070133, COULD NOT FIND THIS # IN MSHA.DBF. DEVELOPMENT DECISION EXPECTED EARLY 1989. MINE CAPACITY WILL BE IN TH 50,000 TO 100,000 OZ AU/YR RANGE. MINING BEGAN IN 11-94 AND REACHED FULL-SCALE PRODUCTION 7-95. 12-95, THE MINE HAD APPROXIMATELY 4.7 MILLION TONS OF ORE CONTAINING NEARLY 113,000 OZ OF GOLD UNDER LEACH. THE MINE IS A HEAP LEACH OPERATION CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 800,000 OZ OF PROVEN+PROBABLE GOLD RESERVES.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): PROVEN + PROBABLE ORE RESERVES; 12/31/96; ADIT CAP. BASED ON AVG OF 1995 AND 1996 TOTAL ORE PRECESSED.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): 85% OF PROVEN + PROBABLE RESERVES AS OF 12/31/95 IS LOCATED ON PATENTED LAND.

References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MERIDIAN GOLD INC., 1996 FORM 20-F REPORT, P8.

Reference (Deposit): "NAM"; NORTH AMERICAN MINING, V1, #2, MARCH, 1997, P21.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MERIDIAN GOLD INC., 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, P39.

Reference (Workings): BEARTRACK GOLD PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT BY CANYON RESOURCES INC. 1989.

Reference (Workings): 1989 ANNUAL REPORT, CANYON RESOURCES.

Reference (Production): MERIDIAN GOLD INC., 1996 FORM 20-F, P9.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): FMC GOLD CO. 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P6.

Reference (Workings): 1989 PLAN OF OPERATIONS, CANYON RESOURCES.

Reference (Workings): PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, MINE MANAGER, MEIDIAN GOLD, 1991, BY THOMAS ALLEN.

Reference (Deposit): FMC GOLD CO. NEWS RELEASE, 4-19-90.

Reference (Deposit): FMC GOLD CO. 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, P.4.

Reference (Deposit): MAS PROPERTY EVALUATION FILE REPORT BY THOMAS J. ALLEN, 7-91.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING COMPANIES, P266.

Reference (Deposit): MACKENZIE W. O. 1949 UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO MS THESIS.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #48, NOV., 27, 1996, P3.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 108, #1, JAN., 1997, P1.

Reference (Production): MERIDIAN GOLD INC., 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, P18.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING COMPANIES, P139.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 108, #10, MAR., 5, 1997, P9.

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