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Auxer Property Mine

Producer in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069947
MRDS ID W007746
Record type Site
Current site name Auxer Property Mine
Related records 10216559

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.23715, 48.26817 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 3 1/2 MI NE OF HOPE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trestle Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bonner

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 057N 002E 20 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON N SIDE OF SOUTHERNMOST RIDGE OF CABINET MOUNTAINS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SELECTED ORE SAMPLE ASSAY AVERAGED $5

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Gouge, Sericite, Epidote, Chlorite, Pyrite

Analytical data

Result U.S. FOREST SERVICE ASSAYS: 0.01 TO 1.06 OZ AU
Result TRACE TO 1.0 OZ AG
Result 0.1 TO 0.5% CU
Result ASSAYS AVERAGE 0.77 OZ AU/TON, 0.25 OZ AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Purcell Sill-Quartz Diorite
    Rock description Purcell Sill-Quartz Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Prichard Formation-Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.23715, 48.26817
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description W Limb Dipping 30 Deg E Of Large Syncline With Axis In Montana.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Displacement Has Caused Some Gouge

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL , STRINGERS
    Strike N 28 DEG E
    Dip 55 DEG SE
    Width 7.62M
    Depth to bottom 64.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILL TRENDS N 28 DEG E AND DIPS 55 DEG SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1956

Mining district

District name Clark Fork District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Idora Silver Mines Co.

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1956 SOLD FOR $800.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 829.06M
    Overall depth 64.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 LEVELS OVER RANGE OF 210 FT VERTICALLY; SEVERAL OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY INCLUDES 9 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; ECON.COM: ROUGH TERRAIN, SHORT SNOW - FREE SEASON, DRAINAGE PROBLEMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CLARK FORK DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL., NO. 12, 132 P.

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE, C. N., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNER COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT, NO. 6, 131 P.

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, MARCH 28, 1974.

  • Deposit

    1930 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 12

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL AUXER GOLD MINES COMPANY

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. CO. REPT. 6

  • Production

    SAVAGE, C. N., 1967, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. CO. REPT. 6.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE BOSTON VEIN, WHICH MAY BE TRACED SEVERAL THOUSAND FT, IS DESCRIBED ABOVE; CHICAGO VEIN IS OVER 500 FT LONG; THE MINNEAPOLIS VEIN TRENDS N 10 - 15 DEG E, DIPS 55 DEG SE, AND IS 10 - 12 FT WIDE; A COPPER DEPOSIT TRENDS E - W AND DIPS VERTICALLY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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