The Austin Mine is a gold mine located in Bonneville county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,599 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 8,599 Feet (2,621 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 43.0914, -111.30810
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Austin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Austin Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Bonneville
District: Mount Pisgah 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: Caribou National Forest
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1877
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Caribou Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Carbonate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Carbonate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): On Mount Caribou, Near Heads Of Bilk And Iowa Gulches
Comment (Deposit): Vein In Porphyry Belt 0.5 Mi Wide
Comment (Location): Stump Creek MLA Area, Caribou City.
References
Reference (Deposit): Rains, R.L., And Federspiel, F.E., 1993, Mineral Resource Invesitgation Of The Caribou City-Stump Creek Area, Bonneville And Caribou Counties, Idaho: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 15-93, P. 15-17.
Reference (Deposit): Savage, C. N., 1961 , Geology And Mineral Resources Of Bonneville County: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology County Rept. No. 5 , 108 P.
Reference (Deposit): Hamilton, J. A., 1961 , Geology Of The Caribou Mountain Area, Bonneville And Caribou Counties, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, University Of Idaho, M.S. Thesis, 59 P
Reference (Deposit): 1961 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology County Rept. No.
Reference (Production): Hamilton, J. A., 1961 , Univ. Idaho, M.S. Thesis
Idaho Gold
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