Jefferson Claim

Prospect in Owyhee 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10266066
MRDS ID W007698
MAS/MILS ID 0160730066
Record type Site
Current site name Jefferson Claim
Related records 10069917

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.79267, 42.94098 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Flint(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)

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 005 S 004 W 34 SESESE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.79267, 42.94098

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PIPER, A. M., AND LANEY, F. B., 1926, GEOLOGY AND

  • Deposit

    METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF THE REGION ABOUT SILVER CITY,

  • Deposit

    IDAHO: IDAHO BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 11, PLATE III,

  • Deposit

    NO. 3. NOTE: NO DESCRIPTION OF THIS PROPERTY OR

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY(IES) GIVEN IN THIS REFERENCE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-MAR-95 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references