Listen Lake Mine

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032510
MRDS ID M014061
Record type Site
Current site name Listen Lake Mine
Alternate or previous names Gold Bullion
Related records 10152481

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.49466, 44.66846 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenhorn(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 27 SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result FEW PERCENT COPPER
Result A FRACTION OF AN OUNCE OF GOLD TO THE TON.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.49466, 44.66846

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ALTERED GABBRO INTRUDES ARGILLITE SERIES; SILICIFIED SHEAR ZONE IN GABBRO HAS BEEN CRUSHED AND SMALL AMTS. OF SULFIDES HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED ALONG FRACTURES. ZONE OF OXIDATION IS SHALLOW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
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 SHAFT 120 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939, ODGMI BULL. 14-A,P.55

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 61, P.114

  • Deposit

    PERKINS, J.M., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE GREENHORN QUAD. AND THE N.W. PORTION OF THE WHITNEY QUAD., BAKER AND GRANT COUNTIES, OREGON; UNIV. OREGON MS. THESIS, P.90

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT REPORTEDLY RESEMBLES THE VOLCANOGENIC COPPER-GOLD DEPOSITS IN THE EAGLE CREEK AND HOMESTEAD DISTRICTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1980 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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

External references