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Brazos

Producer in Baker 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109339
MRDS ID M014329
Record type Site
Current site name Brazos
Related records 10184343

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.65131, 44.71403 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Encina(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burnt(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010S 041E 11 NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result LOW GRADE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.65131, 44.71403
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS AND NODULES
    Strike NW
    Dip GENTLY SW
    Length 121.92M
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DISCONTINUITY OF THE QUARTZ MAY BE DUE TO MOVEMENTS ON THE VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Virtue

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 800-FOOT SHAFT AND SEVERAL DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 140

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 103

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., MCINTYRE, J.R., AND WALKER, G.W., 1976 GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OREGON PART OF THE BAKER 1DEG BY 2DEG QUADRANGLE, ODGMI GMS-7, GEOL. MAP

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS 3-4 FT THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 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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