The American Mine is a gold mine located in Idaho county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,627 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: 5,627 Feet (1,715 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.5628, -115.45640
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American Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: American Mine
Secondary: American Gold
Secondary: Standard
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Idaho
District: Dixie Mining 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: Nez Perce National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Betty Wiles
Owner Name: American Gold Mining Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1897
Discovery Year: 1893
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Clearwater Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Structure: Brecciation
Description: Brecciation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Silicification
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Limonite
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Oxidation
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Sericitization
Alteration Text: Sericitization, Oxidation, Limonite, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Host
Description: Dike
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): On Elk City Road About 1/2 Mile N. Of Dixie
Comment (Production): Intermittent Production. 30 Tons Tailings Cyanided With $25 Au/Ton Recovery (1931).
Comment (Development): 2 - Stamp Mill, 3 Claims ; Econ.Com: Cosper (1938) Says Ore Bodies Not Sufficiently Large Enough To Allow Mining And Milling On A Large - Tonnage Basis
Comment (Workings): Open Cuts, Adits
Comment (Geology): Lamprophyre Dike 12 Ft Wide
References
Reference (Deposit): Capps, S. R., And Roberts, R. J., 1939, The Dixie Placer District, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 48, 35 P.
Reference (Deposit): Roberts, R. J., 1938, The Petrography And Ore Deposits Of The Dixie District, Idaho: Seattle, Washington, Univ. Of Washington, M.S. Thesis, 61 P.
Reference (Deposit): Cosper, D. L., 1938, The American Gold Mine, Dixie, Idaho: Seattle, Washington, Univ. Of Washington, B. S. Thesis, 47 P.
Reference (Production): Capps, S. R., And Roberts, R. J., 1939, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 48
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