Centauras Workings

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, REE, Titanium, Zirconium, Iron, Garnet, Uranium
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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089182
MRDS ID W014172
MAS/MILS ID 0160370407
Record type Site
Current site name Centauras Workings
Alternate or previous names Centauras Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.69063, 44.25629 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 2.5 MI ESE OF SUNBEAM, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunbeam(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

Sawtooth 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 011N 015E 27 NW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE N BANK OF THE SALMON RIVER, 400 FT NW OF MARSHALL CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
REE Critical Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Garnet Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brannerite Ore
Euxenite Ore
Garnet Ore
Hematite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Monazite Ore
Sphene Ore
Zircon Ore
Augite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Hornblende Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium-Gravels
    Rock description Alluvium-Gravels
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granodiorite and two-mica granite.

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Buried Stream Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Discoverer Herman Centauras
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Robinson Bar District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATED PRODUCTION WAS $80,000 - $100,000 OF AU AT $20/OZ.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JUN-1992 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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