| Deposit ID | 10109337 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M014247 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Flagstaff |
| Alternate or previous names | Yellowjacket Group |
| Related records | 10152442 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.72575, 44.81403 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1189 |
| Relative position | 7 MILES FROM BAKER |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Baker(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Virtue Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Baker 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
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 | Baker |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 009S | 041E | 5 | NW | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Antimony Critical | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Stibnite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Result | NO ASSAY SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED, BUT LINDGREN REPORTS AVERAGE VALUES OF $16 TO THE TON IN QUARTZ |
|---|---|
| Result | ACCORDING TO MR. LAYDEN, LARGE QUANTITIES OF THE GOUGELIKE MATERIAL WILL ASSAY $5 TO THE TON, ON THE BASIS OF GOLD AT $20.67 AN OUNCE |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite |
| (1) | -117.72575, 44.81403 |
|---|
| Strike | N 45 E - N |
|---|---|
| Dip | 65 E & W |
| Width | 0.91M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Production years | BEFORE 1898 ; 1923 |
| District name | Virtue |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ken Grabner |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M014247 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410010028 |
BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 142 .
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 105 .
LEMMON, D. M., UNPUBLISHED DATA
LEMMON, D. M., AND TWETO, O. L., 1962 , TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP MR - 25 .
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1976 | Lee, W. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1978 | Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-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 |
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