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Benjamin Uranium Claims

Occurrence in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078740
MRDS ID W027337
Record type Site
Current site name Benjamin Uranium Claims
Related records 10120565

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.405, 42.9639 (WGS84)
Elevation 1006
Relative position ABOUT 14 MI SE 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

Antelope Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Triangle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Jordan Valley(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 005S 001W 25 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result TWICE NORMAL RADIOACTIVITY, PROBABLY NO VALUE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Idavada Volcanics-Quartz Rhyolite
    Rock description Idavada Volcanics-Quartz Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.405, 42.9639
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type E
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Castle Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hopkins, B. F.

Comments on development

  • 2 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POWERS, H. A., 1955 , BENJAMIN CLAIMS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT., 2 P

  • Deposit

    1955 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1977-09-01 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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