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Missouri

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048028
MRDS ID M700436
Record type Site
Current site name Missouri
Alternate or previous names Part of the Baisley-Elkhorn Group
Related records 10152574

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.0841, 44.85818 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 008S 038E 20 NW OF NE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Bald Mountain Batholith
    Rock description Bald Mountain Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Rock description Elkhorn Ridge Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.0841, 44.85818
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • ONE OF SEVERAL SMALL QUARTZ VEINS LYING BETWEEN AND ROUGHLY PARALLELING THE MAXWELL AND BAISLEY-ELKHORN VEINS. REPORTEDLY ON THE SAME STRUCTURE AS THE HURDY GURDY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rock Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAPS OF THE BAISLEY-ELKHORN AND HIGHLAND-MAXWELL MINES, SHOWING LOCATION OF CLAIMS AND MINE WORKINGS, 1922-1954, ON FILE AT THE BAKER FIELD OFFICE, BAKER, OREGON

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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