| Deposit ID | 10036640 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M025524 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Maxwell |
| Related records | 10152893 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.09826, 44.85485 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2164 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Baker(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Elkhorn Peak(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Baker |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 008S | 038E | 19 | E OF E | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Bald Mountain Batholith | ||||||
| Rock description | Bald Mountain Batholith | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite |
| Rock unit name | Elkhorn Ridge Argillite |
| Rock description | Elkhorn Ridge Argillite |
| (1) | -118.09826, 44.85485 |
|---|
| Strike | N60E; N30E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 90; 80SE |
| Width | 0.91M |
| Strike | N60E; N30E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 90; 80SE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Rock Creek |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|---|
| Area name | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M025524 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410010697 |
BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP,L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61, P.
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939: ODGMI BULL. 14-A, P. 87.
PARDEE, J.T., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1914, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SUMPTER QUADRANGLE, OREGON: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 1, NO. 6, P. 77.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TWO VEINS EXPLORED. N30E VEIN IS A BRECCIA ZONE, IN PART IN QUARTZ DIORITE AND IN PART ALONG THE CONTACT. ORE IN THIS VEIN OCCURS AS LENSES OF FINE PYRITE, SERICITE, AND FUCHSITE IN DENSE QUARTZ. |
| 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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