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Independent Claim

Occurrence in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069919
MRDS ID W007700
Record type Site
Current site name Independent Claim
Related records 10144625

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.9333, 42.7533 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 18 MILES SSW 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

Williams 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)

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 008S 005W 11 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED AT HEAD OF WILLIAMS CREEK, WHICH DRAINS INTO JORDAN CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Ilvaite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Basalt Unit-Basalt;Silver City Granite-Granodiorite
    Rock description Basalt Unit-Basalt;Silver City Granite-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Al Limestone, Limestone
    Rock description Al Lst, Lst

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.9333, 42.7533
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • AGE OF LIMESTONE AND SCHIST IS UNKNOWN, PRE CRET.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1868

Mining district

District name South Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Vida Consolidated Mines 1926

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE IS ALWAYS FOUND IN THE SCHIST AND CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE. THE DIORITE WHICH BORDERS THE SCHIST AND LIMESTONE HAS CLEARLY ALTERED THEM BY CONTACT METAMORPHISM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1975-09-01 Benjamin, David A. U.S. Geological Survey

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