Dixie Mine

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

Name: Dixie Mine  

State:  Idaho

County:  Valley

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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