Burkemont

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095129
MRDS ID M014363
Record type Site
Current site name Burkemont
Alternate or previous names North American Copper Co., Copper Union
Related records 10297939

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.56686, 44.92708 (WGS84)
Elevation 1006

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sawtooth Ridge(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 007S 042E 28 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • CONSISTS OF 6 PATENTED LODE CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Copper Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Rock unit name Clover Creek Greenstone;Clover Creek Greenstone
    Rock description Clover Creek Greenstone;Clover Creek Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.56686, 44.92708

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Appears To Follow Fractures Along The Contact Between Spilite And Sediments.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eagle Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner G. Rose

Comments on the workings information

  • 400 FOOT SHAFT NOW CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLULY, J., 1937 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BAKER QUADRANGLE, OREGON: USGS BULL. 879 , P. 110 .

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14-A, P. 45 .

  • Deposit

    HAMMIT, R. W., 1972 , UNIV. OREGON M.S. THESIS

  • Deposit

    HULL, D., 1976, BURKEMONT MINE, OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES SUMMARY REPORT.

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON ODGMI SUMMARY REPOR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOT CONCENTRATED IN WELL DEFINED FISSURE VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.