Jordan Creek Placer Mine

Past Producer 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10266338
MRDS ID W027342
MAS/MILS ID 0160730104
Record type Site
Current site name Jordan Creek Placer Mine
Related records 10078743

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.87907, 42.97878 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

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 005 S 005 W 24 N2 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 12 MILES NORTH OF JORDAN VALLEYK, OR. ON DELAMAR RD. TO GRAVEL PIT, THEN 2.5 MILES SE TO JORDAN CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.87907, 42.97878

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Century 21
    ID 1001490
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA REPORT DATED AUGUST 1980.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 06/15/1981
MSHA mine ID1001490
Mine name (MSHA)Jordan Creek Placer Mine
Current operatorCentury 21 Inc
Current controller (parent)Potter Lowell
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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