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Baisley-Elkhorn

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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 10032542
MRDS ID M014117
Record type Site
Current site name Baisley-Elkhorn
Related records 10127713

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.06771, 44.85818 (WGS84)

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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 008S 038E 21 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE HEAD OF PINE CREEK 18 MILES NORTWEST OF BAKER

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result GOLD 20 TO 25 PERCENT FREE
Result RATIO OF CONCENTRATION 5:1 TO 7:1

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Bald Mountain Batholith; Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Rock description Bald Mtn. Batholith;Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.06771, 44.85818
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 E
    Dip 85 NW
    Length 548.64M
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN CROSSES CONTACT OF ARGILLITE AND GRANODIORITE VEIN FILLING CONSISTS OF CRUSHED GRANODIORITE CONTAINING COARSE SULFIDES AND STREAKS OF QUARTZ

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 Private

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL OUTPUT ESTIMATED AT $950,000, MOSTLY BETWEEN 1882 AND 1907; SMALL OUTPUT IN 1912 AND 1938.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 10,000 FEET OF TUNNELS AND SHAFTS. TOTAL OUTPUT ESTIMATED AT $950,000, MOSTLY BETWEEN 1882 AND 1907; SMALL OUTPUT IN 1912 AND 1938.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - A, P. 85 .

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL 61 , P. 81 .

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1901, THE GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON: USGS 22ND ANN. REPT. PART 2, P. 646.

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

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