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Charles Dickens Mine

Past Producer in Custer 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  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 10071092
MRDS ID W014307
Record type Site
Current site name Charles Dickens Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.71783, 44.38929 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 1 MILE NORTH OF BONANZA; 15.5 MI NE OF STANLEY

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 012N 015E 08 NE Idaho

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitized

Analytical data

Result BEST ORE FROM EARLY DAYS ASSAYED FROM $1000 - 3500/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics-Andesite, Tuff
    Rock description Challis Volcanics-Andesite, Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvial deposits.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 DEG E
    Dip 75 DEG NW
    Width 3.66M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • UPPER PARTS OF VEINS IN TUFF, LOWER PARTS IN ANDESITE.

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
Year of first production 1875

Mining district

District name Yankee Fork District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner U.S. Antimony Corp.
    Home office Thompson Falls, Mt.
    Year 1982

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION VALUE $600000.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 76.2M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 539, 104 P.

  • 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

    ROSS, C. P., 1927 , ORE DEPOSITS IN THE TERTIARY LAVA IN THE SALMON RIVER MOUNTAINS, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 25 , 20 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3, NO. 435, P. 208.

  • Deposit

    1927 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPH 25

  • Deposit

    1949 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPH 83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS, 30 FT. APART.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 04-NOV-1992 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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