Liddy Group

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Antimony
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032815
MRDS ID M014570
Record type Site
Current site name Liddy Group
Related records 10249450

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.19629, 44.58347 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Connor Creek(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

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 011S 045E 27 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH OF THE CONNOR CREEK MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.19629, 44.58347

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO POST-MINERALIZATION MOVEMENT WHICH PRODUCED SUGARY QUARTZ. GREAT DIFFICULTY IN FOLLOWING VEIN BECAUSE OF FAULTING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Connor Creek District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OREGON PART OF THE MINERAL QUADRANGLE; ODGMI GEOL. MAP GMS-12

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS SEVERAL FEET WIDE IN PLACES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) 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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.