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Cracker-Klondike

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036528
MRDS ID M025392
Record type Site
Current site name Cracker-Klondike
Alternate or previous names Klondike
Related records 10152496

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.24299, 44.81429 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position ABOUT FIVE MILES NORTHWEST OF SUMPTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bourne(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon 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 009S 036E 1 NE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result VEIN SAMPLE REPORTEDLY ASSAYED 0.04 OZ/TON AU
Result 0.50 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.24299, 44.81429
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N80e-90e Cleavage In Argillite.

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E
    Dip 90
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • LODE IS A ZONE OF SHEARED AND SILICIFIED ARGILLITE WITH QUARTZ STRINGERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cracker Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. Gibbs And R. Mallacek
    Home office Baker, Or.
    First year 1980

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 FT DRIFT ADIT AND SEVERAL PITS AND TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • ADIT REOPENNED FOR SAMPLING IN 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND OTHERS, 1979, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE BOURNE QUADRANGLE, BAKER AND GRANT COUNTIES, OREGON; ODGMI MAP WITH TEXT GMS-19

  • Deposit

    NELSON D.W.C., 1923, MAP OF CRACKER, CABLE COVE AND PORTIONS OF ROCK CREEK, IBEX, AND CABELL MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN OREGON;

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON PARALLEL VEIN TO THE NORTH POLE-COLUMBIA LODE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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