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Amalgamated

Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032765
MRDS ID M014485
Record type Site
Current site name Amalgamated
Alternate or previous names Flying Dutchman
Related records 10127804

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.28908, 44.99236 (WGS84)
Relative position AT HEAD OF PADDY CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sparta Butte(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

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 007S 044E 2 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • 21 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.28908, 44.99236
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip SW AND NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eagle Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 25-TON CHILE MILL OPERATING IN 1937.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL TUNNELS, TWO OF WHICH TOTAL 1500 FEET.25-TON CHILE MILL OPERATING IN 1937.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A. P. 43 .

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 97 .

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., MCINTYRE, J. R., AND WALKER, G., 1976 , GEOLOGY OF THE OREGON PART OF THE BAKER 1 DEG. BY 2 DEG. QUADRANGLE, ODGMI GMS-7 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEAMS AND LENSES

Reporter information

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

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