Baker County's Auburn district was a major late-1800s gold camp, with both hard-rock lode mines and prolific stream placer operations in the Eagle Cap drainage. The Grande Ronde and Burnt Rivers produce seasonal placer gold; quartz float in the wallowa Range foothills indicates untested mineralization. Recent claim activity shows ongoing interest in buried lode targets adjacent to historic producers. The BLM Vale District handles federal claims; this is remote high-country terrain with summer-only road access to many areas.
The nearest mapped access corridor, osm:5185913 (mapped off-road route), lies approximately 31 feet from this claim's centroid. off-road vehicle clearance is required. Vehicle staging is feasible directly adjacent to the claim boundary.
321 active claims surround Jive #17 within a 7-mile radius. The estimated open aliquot count is approximate — use the live map for precise 20-acre resolution.
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Jive #17 is a 20.66-acre Lode Claim in Baker County, Oregon (OR), filed under BLM serial number OR106699412 in the Bureau of Land Management Mining Location Record System.
Under the General Mining Act of 1872 (30 U.S.C. § 22), claims on federal land are maintained by filing the annual maintenance fee or performing assessment work. Current BLM status: Filed. 321 additional active claims exist within 7 miles.
To find open federal land adjacent to Jive #17, AuthoriProspector overlays live BLM claims at 20-acre aliquot precision alongside USGS MRDS historic mine markers, BLM wilderness boundaries, and military no-go zones.
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