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E & M

Past Producer 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. 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098335
MRDS ID M015150
Record type Site
Current site name E & M
Related records 10249877

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.24463, 45.01403 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cornucopia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Enterprise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(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 006S 045E 29 NW OF SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW1/4SW1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 7.3 G/TON GOLD
Result 30.9 G/TON SILVER

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.24463, 45.01403
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cornucopia

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 45M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 CAVED CROSSCUT ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEIS, P.L., AND OTHERS, 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EAGLE CAP WILDERNESS, AND ADJACENT AREAS, OREGON: USGS BULL. 1385-E, P. 48

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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