Oxarna Prospects

Occurrence in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096315
MRDS ID W014322
Record type Site
Current site name Oxarna Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.67454, 44.37072 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position 17 MI NE OF STANLEY 2.5 MI E OF BONANZA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunbeam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 012N 015E 14 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS
Result $10 - 35 AU AND AG/TON.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.67454, 44.37072

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SHOOTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yankee Fork District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Oxarna Gold Mining Co., Ltd.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2042.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS

Comments on development

  • 20 - STAMP MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BELL, R.N., 1907 , EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1906 , 172 P.

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1908, NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1907, 217 P.

  • Deposit

    1907 COMPILE 8TH ANN. IDAHO STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPT., 1906

  • Deposit

    1908 COMPILE 9TH ANN. IDAHO STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPT., 1907

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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