The Dixie Royal Mine is a gold mine located in Idaho county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,249 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,249 Feet (1,600 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.5328, -115.50670
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Dixie Royal Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dixie Royal Mine
Secondary: Gold Miter
Secondary: Royal Dixie
Secondary: Reser
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
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: Robert Davidson
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Washington
Years: 1989 -
Owner Name: Flage; Dixie Royal Mining Co.
Owner Name: H. E. Carpenter
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
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, PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Vein Displaced By Cross Faults Striking N 8 Deg E And Dipping 50 Deg W; Brecciation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Gouge; Leaching; Sericitization; Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): On Crooked Creek .5 Mi N Of Dixie Meadows Ranger Station
Comment (Production): $5000 Au Produced. Production In 1906.
Comment (Development): 8 Lode Claims; 380 Acres Placer Ground; 2 - Stamp Mill
Comment (Deposit): Strike Above Refers To E. Vein; W. Vein Strikes N 45 Deg W, Dips 50 Deg Ne
Comment (Geology): Quartzite Strikes N 20 Deg W, Dips 50 Deg Sw
References
Reference (Deposit): Shenon, P. J., And Reed, J. C., 1934, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Elk City, Orogrande, Buffalo Hump, And Tenmile Districts, Idaho County, Idaho: USGS Circ. 9, 89 P.
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 (Deposit): Nicholas, F. C., 1909, Reconnaissance Of Dixie Royal Mining District: Mining World, V. 31, No. 23, P. 1129
Reference (Production): Capps, S. R., And Roberts, R. J., 1939, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 48
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 8-91, 1991, P. 30-31.
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