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East Pine Creek

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032821
MRDS ID M014585
Record type Site
Current site name East Pine Creek
Related records 10176851

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.12796, 45.04486 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cornucopia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Enterprise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(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 046E 18 SE OF NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Fish Lake Complex
    Rock description Fish Lake Complex

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.12796, 45.04486
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • FISH LAKE COMPLEX IS PART OF THE WALLOW BATHOLITH ; GEOL.DESC: VEIN N 15 DEG E. QUARTZ WITH PYRITE, GARNET, LIMONITE IN "FISH LAKE COMPLEX" (BASIC STOCKS-MASOZOIC-EARLY BATHOLITTIE?)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO LARGE PITS ON SAME VEIN. ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WETHERELL, C.E., 1960, GEOLOGY OF PART OF THE SOUTHEASTERN WALLOWA MOUNTAINS, NORTHEASTERN OREGON: OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY THESIS, P. 200

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1980 Brooks, Howard C. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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