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Charles Wain Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105693
MRDS ID W014274
MAS/MILS ID 0160370266
Record type Site
Current site name Charles Wain Mine
Alternate or previous names Arcade, Victor, Gold Star

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.70593, 44.44739 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Relative position 23.5 MI WSW OF CHALLIS; 5 MI NNE OF BONANZA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Custer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 013N 015E 21 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • HEAD OF 8 MILE CREEK AND ACROSS TOP OF ESTES MTN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe - Stains

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Oligo-Mio Challis Volcanics-Germer Tuffaceous Member
    Rock description Oligo-Mio Challis Volcanics-Germer Tuffaceous Member
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.70593, 44.44739
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 DEG E
    Dip 45 DEG NW
    Width 0.76M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Mining district

District name Yankee Fork District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1949, IDA. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 83, P. 31.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1949, SILVER - GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE YANKEE FORK DISTRICT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 83, 37 P.

  • Deposit

    STILES, C. A., 1976 , GEOLOGY AND ALTERATION OF THE WEST FORK MAYFIELD CREEK AREA, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO M.S. THESIS, P. 103 - 106 .

  • Deposit

    1949 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 8

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3, NO. 477, P. 219.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS - THE SMALLER VEIN STRIKES N 32 DEG E, DIPS 50 - 60 DEG NW.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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