Mine detail: Austin Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 43.09132, -111.30891

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Discovery year: 1877

Production

Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Wayan Formation-Carbonates
Host type:Carbonate
Alteration processes:Oxidation

References

MRDSW019305
MAS160190169
DEP10073296
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.}{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}{Deposit:: 1961 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology County Rept. No.}{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.}{Production:: Hamilton, J. A., 1961 , Univ. Idaho, M.S. Thesis}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Rains, Richard