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Copper Occurrence

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032738
MRDS ID M014445
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Occurrence
Related records 10200567, 10225143

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.48992, 44.91125 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Balm Creek Reservoir(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 008S 043E 2 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • IN SAWMILL GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Clover Creek Greenstone;Clover Creek Greenstone
    Rock description Clover Creek Greenstone;Clover Creek Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.48992, 44.91125
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sparta

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT DRIVEN ON GOZZAN ZONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLULY, J., 1933 , COPPER DEPOSITS NEAR KEATING, OREGON, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY: USGS 830 - A, P. 31

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL SMALL GOSSAN ZONES HAVE BEEN PROSPECTED. NONE APPEAR ENCOURAGING.
Deposit RECORD NO. M014449 COMBINED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

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