The Iron Crown Mine is a gold mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.2631, -114.91500
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Iron Crown Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Crown Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Stanley District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Year First Production: 1905
Discovery Year: 1905
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Idaho Batholith
Type: L
Description: Cooling Fractures In Rhyolite Dike: 3 Sets Of Cooling Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SEVERAL SAMPLES AVERAGED 0.51 OZ OF AU AND 0.43 OZ AG/TON
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): Located Near the Head of Joes Gulch
Comment (Workings): Workings Consist of 3 Adits (1 Caved In At Portal) and 1 Pit Above the Upper Adit. An Abandoned 5 Stamp Mill Is Below the Adits At Creek Level.
References
Reference (Deposit): Choate, Raoul, 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126, 120 P
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 370, P. 192.
Reference (Production): Choate, Raoul, 1962, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Pamphlet 126 P. 90
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