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Juniper Hill Prospect

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Talc-Soapstone
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032616
MRDS ID M014230
Record type Site
Current site name Juniper Hill Prospect
Related records 10208515

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.78603, 44.52819 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dooley Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker 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

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 012S 040E 14 NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IS REPORTED TO OCCUR IN A 3 TO 12 FOOT WIDE LEDGE OF TALC WITH LITTLE FREE QUARTZ

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Burnt River Schist
    Rock description Burnt River Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.78603, 44.52819
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Argillites Strike N 45 E, Dip 60 Deg Nw And Are Cut By Faults Which Strike N 60 W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Burnt River

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. H. Keyton

Comments on the production information

  • MR. KEYTON ESTIMATES A TOTAL PRODUCTION OF $3000 AU

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 121.92M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U S BUREAU OF MINES MILS RECORDS

  • Deposit

    NAGNER, N.S., 1942, OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, FILE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    1942 RECON ODGMI FILE REPOR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1979 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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