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Curl Claims

Occurrence 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032774
MRDS ID M014500
Record type Site
Current site name Curl Claims
Related records 10224580

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.30574, 44.80014 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sparta(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 044E 10 NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • 300 YARDS EAST OF MOUTH OF MAIDEN CREEK ON NORTH SIDE OF POWDER RIVER. NE 1/4 . 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.30574, 44.80014
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 85 E
    Dip 90
    Width 0.81M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BROWN SHEARED, COMPLETELY ALTERED GABBROID ROCK. ; GEOL.DESC: THIS VEIN IS SIMILAR TO ONE SOUTH OF MINNIE MAY PROPERTY AND IS PROBABLY NORTHWARD CONTINUATION OF IT. APPARENTLY THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL PERIODS OF QUARTZ DEPOSITION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sparta

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 92

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 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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