Tom Jefferson Claims

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Cobalt, Gold, Nickel
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070518
MRDS ID W013483
MAS/MILS ID 0160590067
Record type Site
Current site name Tom Jefferson Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.33493, 45.12974 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 20 MI. W. OF SALMON, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gant Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 018E 21,27 W2 (27) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Divide Between Meadow Creek And W. Fork Of Little Deer Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cobaltite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result 1.9% CO, 5.6% CU, 0.2 OZ. PER TON AU, .8 % NI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Gabbro
    Rock description Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Schist

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.33493, 45.12974

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENS
    Strike N-S
    Dip W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blackbird District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. W. Lyon
    First year 1955

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings Are Very Small With Many Small Surface Cuts.

Comments on development

  • 4 Patented And 14 Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Ortman, Dale; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.