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Highland & Maxwell

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic, Copper
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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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032541
MRDS ID M014116
Record type Site
Current site name Highland & Maxwell
Related records 10298035

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.09687, 44.85402 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elkhorn Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powder(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 008S 038E 19 E OF E Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE EAST FORK OF ROCK CREEK. THE TWO MINES ARE CONTIGUOUS PROPERTIES ON THE SAME VEIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Arsenic Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result RATIO OF SULFIDE CONCENTRATION 4.5:1 TO 7.5:1 . GOLD-SILVER RATIO ABOUT 1:10

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Bald Mountain Batholith
    Rock description Bald Mountain Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Rock description Elkhorn Ridge Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.09687, 44.85402
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 75 - 55 E
    Dip 90
    Length 304.8M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN IS NEAR CONTACT WITH GRANODIORITE. FILLING IS INCOHERENT MASS OF CRUSHED SILICIFIED ARGILLITE, CLAY, QUARTZ, CALCITE AND SULFIDES. WALLS WELL DEFINED AND AS MUCH AS 28 FT. APART. MUCH POST-MINERAL MOVEMENT, AS PYRITIC SLICKENSIDES AND LARGE CLEAN SURFACES ATTEST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rock Creek

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATED AT $625,000

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 15,000 FEET OF WORKINGS AMONG MANY ADITS AND A SHAFT BELOW LOWEST LEVEL. ESTIMATED AT $625,000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.83

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939; ODGMI BULL. 14-A, P.87

Reporter information

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

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