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Huntington Copper Occurrence

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032797
MRDS ID M014540
Record type Site
Current site name Huntington Copper Occurrence
Related records 10200576

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.29657, 44.36819 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Huntington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brogan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burnt(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 014S 044E 11 SW OF NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.29657, 44.36819
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 10N
    Thickness 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF 2 ADITS WITH COMBINED LENGTH OF ABOUT 50 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., 1980, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HUNTINGTON AND PART OF THE OLDS FERRY QUADRANGLES, BAKER AND MALHEUR COUNTIES, OREGON: ODGMI MAP GMS-13

  • Deposit

    1967 RECON ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FIELD NOTES BY H.C. BROOK

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VISIBLE MINERALIZATION CONSISTS OF QUARTZ VEINLETS AND THIN SEAMS OF MALACHITE IN A SHEAR ZONE ABOUT ONE FT. THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 Brooks, Howard C. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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