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Red, White and Blue

Past Producer in Malheur 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10098358
MRDS ID M025517
Record type Site
Current site name Red, White and Blue

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.71908, 44.43514 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Within A One-Half Mile Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bridgeport(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Malheur

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 013S 041E 17 S Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM 1906 CLAIM MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.71908, 44.43514
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 45SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROSPECT IS IN A MIXED ROCK ZONE OF FAULT SLICE OF ULTRAMAFIC AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS EMPLACED IN YOUNGER JURASSIC SEDIMENTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mormon Basin Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A 150 FT SHAFT IN 1901

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1901, GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON: USGS ANN. REPT., N0. 22, P. 773.

  • Deposit

    NELSON, D.W.C., 1906, GENRAL MINING MAP OF EASTERN OREGON: UNPUB. MAP ON FILE AT THE ODGMI BAKER OFFICE, BAKER, OR

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 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
Updater 01-MAY-95 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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