Black Bear Mine

The Black Bear Mine is a mine located in Clear Creek county, Colorado.

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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

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
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Physiography

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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Reference (Deposit): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.

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