Lone Buck Group

Occurrence in Malheur county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033433
MRDS ID M015780
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Buck Group
Alternate or previous names Nelson Case
Related records 10201277

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.09325, 44.22486 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Unknown Precision (Lat/Long Modified 9/13/91 By Dave Frank Spokane, Mio)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

De Bord Peaks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

John Day(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willow(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Malheur

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 015S 038E 32 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 53
USGS model code 17
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu
Mark3 model number 4

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 Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Weatherby Formation
    Rock description Weatherby Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.09325, 44.22486

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILICIFIED WALL ROCK IS LOCALLY IMPREGNATED WITH PYRITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unity

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE 50 FOOT SHAFT AND SEVERAL WIDELY SEPARATED PITS AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, N.S., 1949, LONE BUCK GROUP OF LODE CLAIMS; ODGMI FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    LOWERY, W.D. AND WRAY, C.F., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE IRONSIDE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE; ODGMI OPEN FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    1949 RECON ODGMI FILE REPOR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION IS REPORTED TO BE SPOTTY IN NATURE. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-80 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-93 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-95 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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