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Big John Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094411
MRDS ID D006797
Record type Site
Current site name Big John Claims
Alternate or previous names Magic Silver Mine
Related records 10119690

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.3665, 43.30599 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 12.3 MI S25W OF BELLEVUE ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Magic Reservoir East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fairfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 001S 018E 30 SW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ABOUT 2300 FT SW OF THE UHRIG MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcedony Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.3665, 43.30599
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W
    Dip 55N

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAFIC DIKE APPEARS TO BE YOUNGER THAN THE MINERALIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Magic Reservoir Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Magic Silver Mining Corp. (Emmett Yadon, President-
    Last year 1970

Comments on the workings information

  • ONLY TRENCHING HAD BEEN DONE UP TO 1970.

Comments on development

  • O.M.E. APPLICATION 6812 SUBMITTED IN 1970.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY FILES, U.S.G.S., SPOKANE, WA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE O.M.E. REPORT 6812. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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