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Jordan Creek Placer

Past Producer in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078743
MRDS ID W027342
Record type Site
Current site name Jordan Creek Placer
Related records 10266338

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.87514, 42.98627 (WGS84)
Elevation 1539
Relative position ABOUT 8 MI WSW OF SILVER CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stonehouse Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Triangle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Jordan Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 005S 005W 13,23,24 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • WORKED FROM BELOW DELAMAR TO ITS HEAD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Rock unit name Alluvium
    Rock description Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.87514, 42.98627
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Jordan Valley - Silver City Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED $427 OF AU IN 1931.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GERRY, C. N., AND MILLER, T. H., 1934 , USBM MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1931 , PT. 1 METALS, P. 459 - 460

  • Production

    GERRY, C. N., AND MILLER, T. H., 1934 , USBM MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1931 , PT. 1 METALS, P. 459 - 460

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1977 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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