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Oregon Trail

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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036629
MRDS ID M025508
Record type Site
Current site name Oregon Trail

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.73742, 44.80458 (WGS84)
Elevation 1207
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Within 1000 Meters

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virtue Flat(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 009S 041E 06 SE OF SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION FROM USBM MILS (LONGITUDED ADJUSTED 9/11/91 BY D.F. FROM 123-44-11W TO 117-44-11W)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.73742, 44.80458
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip SE
    Width 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Virture District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939, BULL. 14-A, P. 108.

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., AND MCINTYRE,J.R., 1977, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE VIRTUE FLAT QUADRANGLE, BAKER COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI OPEN-FILE REPORT 0-77-5.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-82 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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