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Dixie Mine

Past Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead
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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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071682
MRDS ID W015201
Record type Site
Current site name Dixie Mine
Alternate or previous names Goldman and Mc Crea
Related records 10193196

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.41956, 45.11928 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position 5 MI W - SW BIG CREEK RANGER STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Profile Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 008E 36 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • JOINS GOLDEN WAY UP ON THE N; CLAIMS ACROSS DIVIDE BETWEEN LOGAN AND GOVERNMENT CREEKS

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Huebnerite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching; Silicification

Analytical data

Result MC CREA TUNNEL AVERAGED $2.18 OZ AU/TON (AU AT $20/TON IN 1920).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite;Lamprophyre;Quartz Latite Porphyry
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite;Lamprophyre;Quartz Latite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.41956, 45.11928
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Edwardsburg District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Edwards, W. A.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Copper Camp Mining Co., Inc.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: LOW GRADE ORE WITH SMALL STREAKS HIGH GRADE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHENON, P. J., AND ROSS, C. P., 1936, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR EDWARDSBURG AND THUNDER MOUNTAIN, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44, 45 P.

  • Deposit

    LINDSEY, E., 1958, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE BIG CREEK DISTRICT, IDAHO: BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA, M. S. THESIS, 67 P.

  • Deposit

    1936 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 4

  • Production

    SHENON, P. J., AND ROSS, C. P., 1936, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT MAY BE N.W. EXTENSION OF GOLDEN WAY UP MINE VEIN SYSTEM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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