Jenkin

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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. 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 10095336
MRDS ID M025509
Record type Site
Current site name Jenkin
Related records 10152394

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.79631, 44.8968 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Magpie Peak(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 008S 040E 3 SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.79631, 44.8968

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 90
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHEAR ZONE CUTS HORNBLENDE DIORITE NEAR CONTACT WITH A METAMORPHOSED GREENSTONE - METAGABBRO COMPLEX

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Powder District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE TRENCH, SHORT ADIT AND ABOUT 100 FT SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN,W., 1901, GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN OREGON: USGS ANN. REPT. NO. 22, P. 728

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-81 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-AUG-93 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.