Jewell Deposit

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071516
MRDS ID W014953
MAS/MILS ID 0160490182
Record type Site
Current site name Jewell Deposit
Alternate or previous names Multnomah, Jewel Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.85098, 45.43737 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Relative position 13.5 MI SW OF CONCORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johnson Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 024N 005E 09 SWSENW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE AVE $109/TON
Result QUARTZ AVE $30 - $50/TON (1911)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.85098, 45.43737

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure - Multnomah Vein; Jewell Vein In Calcite Reef And Gneiss Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Burgdorf District
District name Marshall Lake District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • 10 Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Lorain, S. H., 1938, Gold Mining And Milling In Idaho County, Idaho: USBM Inf. Circ. 7039, 90 P.

  • Deposit

    Bell, R. N., 1912, Thirteenth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1911.

  • Deposit

    1912 Compile State Mine Inspector'S Annual Report

  • Deposit

    1938 Recon USBM Inf. Circ. 7039

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 Veins, The Multnomah And The Jewell

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 08-OCT-1993 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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