The Centauras Workings is a gold mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.2564, -114.68970
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Centauras Workings MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Centauras Workings
Secondary: Centauras Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Zirconium
Tertiary: Titanium
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Garnet
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Robinson Bar 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: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Placer
Year First Production: 1900
Discovery Year: 1870
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Idaho Batholith
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Brannerite
Ore: Zircon
Ore: Sphene
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Garnet
Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Euxenite
Gangue: Augite
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Hornblende
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON THE N BANK OF THE SALMON RIVER, 400 FT NW OF MARSHALL CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.
Comment (Production): ESTIMATED PRODUCTION WAS $80,000 - $100,000 OF AU AT $20/OZ.
References
Reference (Deposit): CHOATE, RAOUL, 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STANLEY AREA: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 126, 120 P.
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C. M., AND OTHERS, 1974, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, CUSTER AND BLAINE COUNTIES, IDAHO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT., 648 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1962 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 126
Reference (Deposit): 1974 RECON TSCHANZ, C. M., AND OTHERS, OPEN-FILE REPT.
Reference (Production): CHOATE, RAOUL, 1962, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 126, P. 104
Reference (Deposit): VANNOY & OTHERS, 1986, USGS BULL.1545E, P.467, PL.3, NO.14
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