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Harbo Claims

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033346
MRDS ID M015665
Record type Site
Current site name Harbo Claims
Related records 10152738

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.88159, 44.58375 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brannan Gulch(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

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 011S 039E 25 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.88159, 44.58375
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSITS CONSIST OF QUARTZ-TALC VEINS IN SHEAR ZONES IN MASSIVE TALC SCHISTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Baker

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF NUMEROUS SHALLOW PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, N.S., 1964, HARBO TALC CLAIMS; ODGMI FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    1964 RECON ODGMI FILE REPOR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALL FORMS OF OBSERVED TALC ARE GRAY IN COLOR. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Ferns, Mark L. (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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