The Aztec Mine is a gold mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,199 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 8,199 Feet (2,499 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.0853, -114.74110
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Aztec Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Aztec Mine
Secondary: Fisher Mine
Secondary: Kingfisher Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: East Fork 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
Owner Name: Aztec Mining And Milling Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1880
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE FROM COLLAR OF SHAFT ASSAYED 1.48 OZ AU/TON, 2.2 OZ AG/TON
Analytical Data: A SAMPLE OF APLITE ASSAYED 0.04 OZ AU/TON, 3.1 OZ AG/TON, 2.0 % PB.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): 700 FT. SHAFT, 2 SHORT ADITS; SEVERAL EXPLORATION PITS, TRENCHES.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1937 GEOLMAP ROSS, C. P., BULL. 877
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C. P., 1937, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAYHORSE REGION, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 877, 161 P.
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C. M., AND OTHERS, 1974, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, CUSTER AND BLAINE COUNTIES, IDAHO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT., 648 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1974 RECON TSCHANZ, C. M., AND OTHERS, OPEN - FILE REPT.
Reference (Production): TSCHANZ, C. M., AND OTHERS, 1974, USGS OPEN - FILE REPT.
Reference (Deposit): VANNOY & OTHERS, 1986, USGS BULL.1545E, P.447, PL.3, NO.108
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