Mine detail: Centauras Workings

Previously called 'Centauras Placer'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.25629, -114.69063

Resource(B)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Garnet, Iron, Zirconium, Titanium, REE, Uranium
Ore: Brannerite, Euxenite, Garnet, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Monazite, Sphene, Zircon
Gangue: Augite, Biotite, Hornblende
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1870

Production

Operation type: Placer
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1900

Geology

Host rock:Alluvium-Gravels
Host type:Gravel
Structure:Idaho Batholith
Alteration processes:Oxidation

References

MRDSW014172
MAS160370407
DEP10089182
Reference{Deposit:: CHOATE, RAOUL, 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE STANLEY AREA: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 126, 120 P.}{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.}{Deposit:: 1962 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 126}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON TSCHANZ, C. M., AND OTHERS, OPEN-FILE REPT.}{Deposit:: VANNOY & OTHERS, 1986, USGS BULL.1545E, P.467, PL.3, NO.14}{Production:: CHOATE, RAOUL, 1962, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 126, P. 104}
ReporterMcHugh, Edward L., Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat