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Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032507
MRDS ID M014056
Record type Site
Current site name Banner
Related records 10127558

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.50994, 44.69874 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vinegar Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burnt(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010S 035E 16 NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, ABOUT 1 1/2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENHORN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.50994, 44.69874
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike W
    Dip S
    Width 0.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN IS PROBABLY NEAR GABBRO; CONTAINS DOLOMITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenhorn

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A 200-FOOT SHAFT AND 600 FEET OF DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 68 .

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C. AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 110 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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