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Liberty

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10095339
MRDS ID M025523
Record type Site
Current site name Liberty
Alternate or previous names Olmstead Claims
Related records 10127760

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.90242, 44.56403 (WGS84)
Elevation 1652

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brannan Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burnt(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 011S 039E 35 CENTER Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :41; 01

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Burnt River Schist
    Rock description Burnt River Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.90242, 44.56403
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1919

Mining district

District name Upper Burnt River

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner L. D. Olmstead
    First year 1939

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR OR FIVE PROSPECT PITS, 3 SHORT ADITS AND 3 SHALLOW SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., AND OTHERS, 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BAKER 2DEG QUADRANGLE, OREGON: ODGMI GMS-7.

  • Deposit

    USFS MINERAL EXAMINATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINLETS AND POCKETS

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
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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