Swastika Claims

Prospect in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Lead, Mica
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Mineral rights holdings
  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 10071667
MRDS ID W015175
MAS/MILS ID 0160490172
Record type Site
Current site name Swastika Claims
Alternate or previous names Majestic, Saradoc

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.45817, 45.50987 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position ON W FORK OF RHETT CREEK S OF DIXIE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dixie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 025N 008E 15 NW (15) Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Mica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Kaolinization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Quartzite, Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.45817, 45.50987

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Discoverer Edward Davis

Mining district

District name Dixie District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Vincent Modello

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Capps, S. R., And Roberts, R. J., 1939, The Dixie Placer District, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 48, 35 P.

  • Deposit

    Livingston, D. C., And Stewart, C. A., 1914, The Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Dixie Mining District, Idaho: Univ. Of Idaho Bulletin No. 2, V. 9, 11 P

  • Deposit

    Roberts, R. J., 1938, The Petrography And Ore Deposits Of The Dixie District, Idaho: Seattle, Washington, Univ. Of Washington M. S. Thesis, 61 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 8-91, 1991, P. 37-39.

  • Deposit

    Majestic Mining Company

  • Deposit

    1939 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 48

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890's

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 04-OCT-1991 Neumann, Terry R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references