The Dixie Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Valley county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,700 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: 7,700 Feet (2,347 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 45.1194, -115.41860
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Dixie Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dixie Mine
Secondary: Goldman and Mc Crea
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Valley
District: Edwardsburg 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: Payette National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Copper Camp Mining Co., Inc.
Owner Name: Edwards, W. A.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching; Silicification
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MC CREA TUNNEL AVERAGED $2.18 OZ AU/TON (AU AT $20/TON IN 1920).
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Huebnerite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): JOINS GOLDEN WAY UP ON THE N; CLAIMS ACROSS DIVIDE BETWEEN LOGAN AND GOVERNMENT CREEKS
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: LOW GRADE ORE WITH SMALL STREAKS HIGH GRADE
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT MAY BE N.W. EXTENSION OF GOLDEN WAY UP MINE VEIN SYSTEM
References
Reference (Deposit): SHENON, P. J., AND ROSS, C. P., 1936, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR EDWARDSBURG AND THUNDER MOUNTAIN, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44, 45 P.
Reference (Deposit): LINDSEY, E., 1958, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE BIG CREEK DISTRICT, IDAHO: BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA, M. S. THESIS, 67 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1936 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 4
Reference (Production): SHENON, P. J., AND ROSS, C. P., 1936, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44
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