| Deposit ID | 10098339 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M015630 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Golden Eagle |
| Related records | 10225934 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.80436, 44.37819 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF IRONSIDE, OR |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Malheur(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Wendt Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Brogan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Willow(hydrologic unit)
Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)
Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Malheur |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 014S | 040E | 3 | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Limonite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate |
| Rock unit name | Weatherby |
| Rock description | Weatherby |
| (1) | -117.80436, 44.37819 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1880 |
| District name | Mormon Basin |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 182.88M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M015630 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410450052 |
1940, ODGMI FILE REPORT
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1940, FILE REPORT: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES.
1940 RECON ODGMI, FILE REPOR
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1979 | Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| 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 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.