Texas Claim Mine

Past Producer in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc
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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069930
MRDS ID W007719
Record type Site
Current site name Texas Claim Mine
Alternate or previous names In Golconda Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.90569, 42.74488 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position 21 MI 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

Cliffs(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 10 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ASSAYED 8.1% CU, 43.8 OZ. AG, 0.16 OZ AU. SELECTED SAMPLE CONTAINED 3.25% ZN, 30.75% PB, 6% CU, 526 OZ. AG.

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) Late Cretaceous
  • 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) -116.90569, 42.74488

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture

Comments on the geologic information

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name South Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Golconda Group Min. Co. ( 1955 )

Comments on the workings information

  • A SMELTER WAS BUILT IN SOUTH MOUNTAIN DISTRICT IN 1874

Comments on development

  • EASTERNMOST CLAIM OF GOLCONDA GROUP ; PATENTED IN 1927 , BUT BLM LAND IN 1971 ?

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIORITE IS MEDIUM GRAINED, GRAY, WITH AN EXCESS OF HORNBLENDE OVER BIOTITE. THE LIMESTONE IS WHITE, BLOCKY AND MARBLEIZED, WITH BLACK STREAKS OF SILICA.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references