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Black Eagle

Past Producer in Malheur 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10033840
MRDS ID M020489
Record type Site
Current site name Black Eagle

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.72852, 44.43375 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brogan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker 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 013S 041E 17 SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM 1906 CLAIM MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

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 Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Weatherby Formation
    Rock description Weatherby Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.72852, 44.43375
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROSPECT IS IN A MIXED ROCK ZONE OR FAULT SLICE OF ULTRAMAFIC AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS EMPLACED IN YOUNGER JURASSIC SEDIMENTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mormon Basin Area

Comments on development

  • 20 STAMP MILL REPORTEDLY IN OPERATION IN 1903

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NELSON, D.W.C., 1906, GENERAL MINING MAP OF EASTERN OREGON: UNPUB. MAP ON FILE AT THE ODGMI BAKER OFFICE, BAKER, OR

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., AND OTHERS, 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE OREGON PART OF THE BAKER 2 DEG QUADRANGLE: ODGMI MAP WITH TEXT GMS-7.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-92 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 18-AUG-92 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey EDITED HOST ROCK TYPE, HOST ROCK AGE, ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPE, ASSOCIATED ROCK AGE, HOST ROCK UNIT NAME, HOST ROCK UNIT AGE, ASSOCIATED ROCK UNIT NAME, ASSOCIATED ROCK UNIT AGE.
Updater 01-MAY-95 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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