| Deposit ID | 10032693 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M014367 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Clover Creek Copper Mine |
| Related records | 10177346 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.5402, 44.91236 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Baker(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sawtooth Ridge(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Baker |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 007S | 042E | 35 | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Ankerite | Gangue |
| Jarosite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 0.40 % COPPER |
|---|---|
| Result | 40 CENTS GOLD TO THE TON (GOLD AT $20.67 AN OUNCE.) |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone | ||
| Rock unit name | Clover Creek Greenstone | ||
| Rock description | Clover Creek Greenstone | ||
| |||
| (1) | -117.5402, 44.91236 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Width | 6.1M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Eagle Creek |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M014367 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410010046 |
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 45
BROOKS, H.C., AND OTHERS, 1976, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OREGON PART OF THE BAKER 1DEG BY 2DEG QUADRANGLE, ODGMI GMS-7 GEOL. MAP
BROOKS, H.C., BOWEN, R.G., HULL, D.A., AND HAMMITT, R.W., 1977, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAWTOOTH RIDGE QUADRANGLE, OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES GEOLOGIC MAP.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 2 SUBPARALLEL ZONES 200 FT. APART |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1976 | Lee, W. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1979 | 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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