The Swastika Claims is a gold and silver mine located in Idaho county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 45.51, -115.45720
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Swastika Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Swastika Claims
Secondary: Majestic
Secondary: Saradoc
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Mica
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Vincent Modello
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1895
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
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization, Kaolinization
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890's
References
Reference (Deposit): Livingston, D. C., And Stewart, C. A., 1914, The Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Dixie Mining District, Idaho: Univ. Of Idaho Bulletin No. 2, V. 9, 11 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): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 8-91, 1991, P. 37-39.
Reference (Deposit): Majestic Mining Company
Reference (Deposit): 1939 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 48
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.
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