Texas Claim Mine

Owyhee County, Idaho, United States

Silver Gold Lead Copper Zinc

Land & claims · BLM · live

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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

PrimarySilver, Gold, Lead

SecondaryCopper, Zinc

Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Deposit sizeSmall

Ore controlFracture

Materials

Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite

GangueActinolite, Calcite, Epidote, Garnet, Pyrite, Quartz

Geology

Host rockSchist,Limestone · Al Limestone, Limestone

Associated rockDiorite · Basalt Unit-Basalt;Silver City Granite-Granodiorite

AlterationOxidized

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

Discovery year1868

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References

SORENSON, R. E., 1927 , THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITSOF THE SOUTH MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 22 , 47 P.BELL, R. N., 1907 , SOUTH MOUNTAIN, IDAHO: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 83 , NO. 6 , P. 283 - 284.SHANNON, E. V., 1918, ON THE OCCURRENCE OF ILVAITE IN THE SOUTH MOUNTAIN DISTRICT: AM. JOUR. SCI., 4TH SER., VOL. 45, NO. 266, P. 118 - 125MC DOWELL, G. A., 1955 , 57TH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1955.1927 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMP. 22.1934 DIREXPL EXPLOR. CO. OF CALIFORNIA1946 DIREXPL SOUTH MOUNTAIN MIN. AND MLG. CO.

Identification

Deposit ID10069930

MRDS IDW007719

Alternate namesIn Golconda Group

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates42.74488, -116.90569