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Dixie Royal Mine

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Zinc, 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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Mineral rights holdings
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105759
MRDS ID W015173
MAS/MILS ID 0160490170
Record type Site
Current site name Dixie Royal Mine
Alternate or previous names Gold Miter, Royal Dixie, Reser

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
Main Entrance -115.50597, 45.52767 (WGS84)
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-115.50767, 45.53267 (WGS84) 1600 2.75 MI SW OF DIXIE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Spur Ridge(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 05 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Crooked Creek .5 Mi N Of Dixie Meadows Ranger Station

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Gouge; Leaching; Sericitization; Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Augen Gneiss, Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.50597, 45.52767
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(2) -115.50767, 45.53267
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Displaced By Cross Faults Striking N 8 Deg E And Dipping 50 Deg W; Brecciation

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 45 DEG W
    Dip 50 DEG SW
    Thickness 1.22M
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • Quartzite Strikes N 20 Deg W, Dips 50 Deg Sw

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

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 Robert Davidson
    Interest 100
    Home office Washington
    First year 1989
  • Type Operator
    Owner H. E. Carpenter
  • Type Owner
    Owner Flage; Dixie Royal Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • $5000 Au Produced. Production In 1906.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 155.45M

Comments on development

  • 8 Lode Claims; 380 Acres Placer Ground; 2 - Stamp Mill

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Strike Above Refers To E. Vein; W. Vein Strikes N 45 Deg W, Dips 50 Deg Ne

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 12-OCT-1990 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.

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