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Cornucopia Mine

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032804
MRDS ID M014552
Record type Site
Current site name Cornucopia Mine
Related records 10176759

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.19824, 44.9968 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jimtown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(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 045E 34 SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • 1,000 ACRES OF LAND - OLD MINE BLDGS. & PART OF ABD. TOWNSITE OF CORNUCOPIA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvial deposits
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TAILINGS FROM MILL USED FOR CONCRETE MIX AND GROUT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Unc Mining And Milling

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED TO HAVE HAD ANN. PROD. OF $1 MILLION IN GOLD PRIOR TO WWI

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL IND. MINED LAND RECLAMATION FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOLD TO AN EASTERN INVESTOR IN 1961 TO BE CONVERTED TO A DUDE RANCH OR SUMMER RESORT. HAD BEEN DEV. TO 800 FT. DEPTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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