Garfield Claim Group Mine

Occurrence 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069896
MRDS ID W007664
Record type Site
Current site name Garfield Claim Group Mine
Alternate or previous names Garfield, Surplus, Belle Cora, North Side, Gold Hill, Extension and Chief. Stoddard, Golden Cycle
Related records 10144600

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.84287, 43.02298 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 1/2 MILE SW OF DE LAMAR CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

De Lamar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murphy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(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 005S 004W 05 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • N. SIDE OF DE LAMAR MTN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Barite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite; Silicification, Clays

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Silver City Grey Rhyolite-Rhyolite;Columbia River Group-Basalt
    Rock description Silver City Grey Rhyolite-Rhyolite;Columbia River Group-Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.84287, 43.02298

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 137.16M
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Delamar District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 640.08M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHER, R. R., 1968, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF A PORTION OF THE SILVER CITY REGION, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 138, 106 P.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1898, THE GOLD AND SILVER VEINS OF SILVER CITY, DELAMAR AND OTHER MINING DISTRICTS IN IDAHO: 20TH ANN. REPORT, U.S.G.S. P. 75 -205 (PART 3).

  • Deposit

    1898 COMPILE W. LINDGREN 20TH ANN. REPORT

  • Deposit

    1968 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 138

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTACT BETWEEN BASALT AND RHYOLITE DIPS 45 DEG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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