Milestone

Prospect 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10266374
MAS/MILS ID 0160730403
Record type Site
Current site name Milestone

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -116.85707, 43.02928 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004 S 004 E 31 C Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -116.85707, 43.02928

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Grefco
    Home office California
    Year 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POWERS HA 1947 ID BUMINES/GEO MIN RES RPT 4 P3,6,8,18-22,&27

  • Deposit

    BLM MIN RPT 1981 ID WSA BOISE DIST OWYHEE RES AREA

  • Deposit

    CRIB MIN RES RILE: REC NO W026794, REC TYPE X1N, DEP NO 49

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATOR GROUP BASED ON PROBABLE CENTER OF PAST PRODUCTION. COMMIN SOME LIT MISIDENTIFIED AS CHALK OR AS CLAY (FULLERS) LOW TEMP SINTER ASSOCIATION (US BUMINES 1984); SIGNATURE IS SLIGHT MOUNDING WITH GIANT SAGE AND WHITE SILICEOUS FLOAT PREVIOUS SEQ NO 0160730071 INCORRECTLY SHARED WITH OWYHEE MERCURY PROPERTY; THIS DIAT PROP GIVEN NEW SEQ NO AUG 1984. PREVIOUS OWNER: OWYHEE PROCESING CO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JAN-1989 Capstick, Donald U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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