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E and E

Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Arsenic
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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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106867
MRDS ID M014100
Record type Site
Current site name E and E
Alternate or previous names Eureka and Excelsior
Related records 10274208

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.20161, 44.82929 (WGS84)

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 NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, ON A SEGMENT OF THE NORTH POLE-COLUMBIA LODE AND A SHORT DISTANCE UP CRACKER CREEK FROM BOURNE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result RATIO OF GANGUE TO SULFIDES 25:1 TO 20:1. FREE GOLD LESS THAN 5 PERCENT. GOLD TO SILVER RATIO ABOUT 1 TO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.20161, 44.82929
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description East-West Trending Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N35E
    Dip 70SE
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN FILLS A NORMAL FAULT WHICH CUTS ANDOLDER THRUST FAULT CONTACT BETWEEN ARGILLITE AND METAGABBRO

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1891 , 1894 - 1898 , 1903 - 1905 , 1920 - 1922

Mining district

District name Cracker Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Brooks Minerals Inc.
    First year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cracker Creek Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • MAIN PERIODS OF ACTIVITY WERE 1891, 1894-1898, 1903-1905, AND 1920-1922, ACCORDING TO ELMER REPORT 1930.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 231.65M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 760 FT. DEEP AND EIGHT ADITS; WORKINGS TOTAL ABOUT 20,000 FT. MAIN PERIODS OF ACTIVITY WERE 1891, 1894-1898, 1903-1905, AND 1920-1922, ACCORDING TO ELMER REPORT 1930.

Comments on development

  • MOW EXTENDING THE UPPER E & E ADIT AND DRIVING A NEW 3800 FT DEVELOPMENT ADIT. (1981)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 74

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1901, THE GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON; USGS ANN. REPT. NO. 2, P. 661

  • Deposit

    BROOK, H.C. AND OTHERS, 1981, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY ANX

  • Production

    ELMER REPORT OF 1930

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMPOSITE VEIN

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

Beyond USGS

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