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Owyhee Mercury Property

Occurrence in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10169416
MAS/MILS ID 0160730071
Record type Site
Current site name Owyhee Mercury Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -116.60097, 43.19878 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Murphy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murphy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Snake-Succor(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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 Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 002 S 002 W 32 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fletcher R And Brunzell B
    Interest 100
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1956

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARSON EW & ALVORD DC 1956 USDI DMEA EXAM RESULT MEMO

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEQ NO ERRONEOUSLY SHARED W/ OWYHEE PROCESSING CO DIATOMITE PROP; CORRECTED BY GIVING DIAT PROP NEW SEQ NO IN AUG 1984 SOME OF CLAIM GROUP ALSO IN SEC 4 & 5, T3S, R2W. CLAIMS MAY BE EXPIRED OR NULL AND VOID AS OF 1984. 1956 EXAM FOR MERCURY WAS NEGATIVE. HUMBUG WAS NAME ON MPF JACKET LABLE; NAME NOT FOUND IN FILE AND WAS DELETED IN AUG 1984.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-FEB-87 Capstick, Donald U.S. Bureau of Mines

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