The Robinson Dike Mine is a gold mine located in Idaho county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,001 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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.5239, -115.47170
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Robinson Dike Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Robinson Dike Mine
Secondary: Gold Hill Group
Secondary: Dixie Dike
Secondary: Robinson Mine
Secondary: Earl Day
Secondary: Robinson Dyke
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Idaho
District: Dixie 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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: CANYON RESOURCES CORP (ATNA RESOURCES)
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: 14142 Denver West Parkway Suite 250 Golden CO 80401
Info Year: 1990
Years: 1990 -
Owner Name: Cletus And Dave Kaufman
Owner Name: Bunker Hill And Sullivan Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Agglomerate-Carbon Column-Merrill-Crowe
Year First Production: 1935
Discovery Year: 1904
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
Name: Robinson Dike
Form: LENTICULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Structure: Brecciation
Description: Brecciation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Oxidation
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Brecciation
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Silicification
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Sericitization
Alteration Text: Sericitization, Silicification, Brecciation, Oxidation, Fe - Stains
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: OXIDIZED ORE ASSAYED $2 - $5 AU/TON, 1 HAND SAMPLE UNOXIDIZED ORE ASSAYED $7 AU/TON
Analytical Data: $2.40 AU/TON (1936)
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): On Divide Between Comstock Creek And Long Tom Creek, 4 miles south of Dixie
Comment (Production): In 1935, 35 - 40 Tons Ore/Day Treated; Item 1 From Opencut
Comment (Development): 10 Claims; 50 - Ton Mill; Diamond Drilling
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 8-91, 1991, P. 31-34
Reference (Deposit): Capps, S. R., 1938, The Petrography And Ore Deposits Of The Dixie District, Idaho: Seattle, Washington, Univ. Of Washington, M. S. Thesis, 61 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1937 Direxpl Bunker Hill & Sullivan Co., Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 48
Reference (Deposit): Jones, R. W., 1957, Robinson: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Rept.
Reference (Deposit): Lorain, S. H., 1938, Gold Mining And Milling In Idaho County: USBM Inf. Circ. 7039, 90 P.
Reference (Deposit): Montgomery, James M., Consulting Eng., Inc. Initial Reclamation Plan, Robinson-Dike Mining Project. Prepared For Nevex Gold Co. Inc., Sept. 1986, 61 Pp.
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 (Production): Capps, S. R., And Roberts, R. J., 1939, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 48
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