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East Eagle

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032763
MRDS ID M014482
Record type Site
Current site name East Eagle
Alternate or previous names Oliver Property, Mcgee, Woodard Group
Related records 10200793

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.35324, 45.00347 (WGS84)
Relative position 15 MILES NORTH OF SPARTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Krag Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Enterprise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(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

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 006S 044E 32 NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • 9 CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE VALUE OF ABOUT $8.50 PER TON ( 1916

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.35324, 45.00347
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 47 DEG W
    Dip 22 DEG S
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1947

Mining district

District name Eagle Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner East Eagle Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO DRIFT ADITS 600 AND 350 FT. IN LENGTH RESPECTIVELY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 98

  • Deposit

    1947 RECON ODGMI FILE REPOR

Reporter information

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