Robinson Mine

Past Producer in Bonneville county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073294
MRDS ID W019303
MAS/MILS ID 0160190029
Record type Site
Current site name Robinson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.30111, 43.09052 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Relative position 2.25 MI SSE OF KEENAN CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonneville(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Caribou Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palisades(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palisades(hydrologic unit)

Snake Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bonneville

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004S 044E 09 C NE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Mt. Caribou, Near Head Of Bilk Gulch

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result 2 SAMPLES FROM MINE DUMP FOUND TRACE AU, TRACE AG, AND O AND 7.3 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wayan Formation-Limestone
    Rock description Wayan Formation-Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.30111, 43.09052

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1877
Discoverer John Robinson

Mining district

District name Mount Pisgah District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mineral Veins Coalition Mines Co.
    First year 1940

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings Above Done In 1952

Comments on development

  • 3 Patented Claims ( 1940 )

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Savage, C. N., 1961 , Geology And Mineral Resources Of Bonneville County: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology County Rept. No. 5 , 108 P.

  • Deposit

    Hamilton, J. A., 1961 , Geology Of The Caribou Mountain Area, Bonneville And Caribou Counties, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, University Of Idaho, M.S. Thesis, 59 P.

  • Deposit

    1961 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology County Rept. No.

  • Deposit

    Rains, R.L., And Federspiel, F.E., 1993, Mineral Resource Investigation Of The Caribou City-Stump Creek Area Bonneville And Caribou Counties, Idaho: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 15-93, P. 13-18.

  • Production

    Savage, C. N., 1961 , Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology County Rept. No. 5

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Vein In Porphyry Belt 0.5 Mi Wide

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Rains, Richard U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.