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Climax

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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102951
MRDS ID M014101
Record type Site
Current site name Climax
Related records 10152446

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.21355, 44.82485 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bourne(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powder(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 008S 037E 32 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Rock description Elkhorn Ridge Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.21355, 44.82485
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description East-West Striking Thrust Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N65E; N45W
    Dip 60W; 90
    Width 3.66M
  • Strike N65E; N45W
    Dip 60W; 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Intersection?

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN FILLS A NORMAL FAULT WHICH CUTS A THRUST CONTACT BETWEEN ARGILLITE AND METAGABBRO ; GEOL.DESC: PARRALLELS NORTH PRE-COLUMBIA LODE, AND IS SIMILAR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cracker Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • AN ORE SHOOT 50 FEET LONG AND 100 FEET DEEP WAS WORKED OUT IN EARLY DAYS.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 2 ADITS WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTS.AN ORE SHOOT 50 FEET LONG AND 100 FEET DEEP WAS WORKED OUT IN EARLY DAYS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - A, P. 36 .

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL. 61 , P. 73 .

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND OTHERS, 1981, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE BOURNE QUADRANGLE, BAKER AND GRANT COUNTIES, OREGON; ODGMI MAP GMS-19

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE VEINS EXPLORED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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