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Birch Creek Mining Co.

Occurrence in Wheeler county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036630
MRDS ID M025510
Record type Site
Current site name Birch Creek Mining Co.
Related records 10153359

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.72608, 44.43734 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wheeler(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Day Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dayville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Wheeler

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 013S 025E 16 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.72608, 44.43734
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 45W
    Width 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • REPORTEDLY A QUARTZ VEIN IN SILICIFIED GREENSTONE NEAR A CONTACT WITH GRANITICS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Spanish Gulch District

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED FT OF CROSSCUT ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARKS, H.M., AND SWARTLEY, A.M., 1916, HANDBOOK OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF OREGON: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY,VOL. 2, NO. 4, P. 38

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 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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