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Hidden Treasure

Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Antimony
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032636
MRDS ID M014264
Record type Site
Current site name Hidden Treasure
Related records 10224850

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.64825, 44.79347 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virtue Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker 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 009S 041E 10 SE OF NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 NE 1/4. 10 MILES EAST OF BAKER, 1/4 MILE NORTH OF HIGHWAY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE VALUE OF SHIPPING GRADE IS $65 ( 1938

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Gabbroic rocks
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MN STAIN AND STIBNITE APPARENTLY INDICATES PRESENCE OF HIGH GRADE ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Virtue

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M And S Associates, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • SINCE 1933: $24,000

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 138-FOOT INCLINED SHAFT WITH 3 SHORT DRIFT LEVELS. SINCE 1933: $24,000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 142 .

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 107 .

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND MCINTYRE, J. R., 1977 , RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE VIRTUE FLAT QUADRANGLE, ODGMI.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION IS SPOTTY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George 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

Beyond USGS

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

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