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Austin Mine

Past Producer in Bonneville county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073296
MRDS ID W019305
MAS/MILS ID 0160190169
Record type Site
Current site name Austin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.30891, 43.09132 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position 1.75 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 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Mount Caribou, Near Heads Of Bilk And Iowa Gulches
  • Stump Creek MLA Area, Caribou City.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.30891, 43.09132
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Economic information

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 National Forest
Area name Caribou National Forest

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.

  • Production

    Hamilton, J. A., 1961 , Univ. Idaho, M.S. Thesis

  • Deposit

    Rains, R.L., And Federspiel, F.E., 1993, Mineral Resource Invesitgation Of The Caribou City-Stump Creek Area, Bonneville And Caribou Counties, Idaho: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 15-93, P. 15-17.

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 24-DEC-1996 Rains, Richard U.S. Bureau of Mines

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