Garfield Claim Group Mine

The Garfield Claim Group Mine is a mine located in Owyhee county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,001 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Garfield Claim Group Mine  

State:  Idaho

County:  Owyhee

Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 43.0231, -116.84190

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Garfield Claim Group Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Garfield Claim Group Mine
Secondary: Garfield
Secondary: Surplus
Secondary: Belle Cora
Secondary: North Side
Secondary: Gold Hill
Secondary: Extension and Chief. Stoddard
Secondary: Golden Cycle


Commodity

Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold


Location

State: Idaho
County: Owyhee
District: Delamar District


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Physiographic Detail: Owyhee Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericite; Silicification, Clays


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): CONTACT BETWEEN BASALT AND RHYOLITE DIPS 45 DEG.

Comment (Location): N. SIDE OF DE LAMAR MTN.


References

Reference (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.

Reference (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).

Reference (Deposit): 1898 COMPILE W. LINDGREN 20TH ANN. REPORT

Reference (Deposit): 1968 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 138


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