Snow Creek Mine

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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 10098272
MRDS ID M014058
Record type Site
Current site name Snow Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Zelda Mining Co.
Related records 10250030

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.50633, 44.70207 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vinegar Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon 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 010S 035E 16 NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.50633, 44.70207

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 60 DEG W
    Dip 60 DEG S
    Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ROCKS ARE CUT BY QUARTZ MONZONITE DIKES WITH WHICH MINERALIZED QUARTZ SEAMS 1-6 INCHES THICK ARE ASSOCIATED. MAIN VEIN IS MOSTLY BARREN QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenhorn

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • $52,000 (1905)

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY NUMEROUS ADITS; INCLUDES 1600-FOOT CROSSCUT, A SHAFT 200 FT DEEP, AND 1300 FEET OF DRIFTS.$52,000 (1905)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI, BULL 14-A, P. 56

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI, BULL 61 , P. 118 .

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, R.M., 1948, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE MORNING MINE AND ADJACENT REGION, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 39, P.41

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 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

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