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Macy

Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109344
MRDS ID M014498
Record type Site
Current site name Macy
Related records 10177243

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.30463, 44.80514 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sparta(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 009S 044E 3 SE OF SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SE 1/4 35 MILES FROM BAKER ALONG BAKER-HIGHWAY ; 7 OVERLAPPING CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE VALUE SAID TO BE $40 PER TON IN 1939

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.30463, 44.80514
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 W
    Dip 40 - 75 S
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sparta

Comments on the production information

  • APPROXIMATELY $90,000 . DISCOVERED ABOUT 1920

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 1500 FEET OF TUNNELS MOSTLY FROM ADIT LEVELS AND 2 SHORT INCLINED SHAFTS APPROXIMATELY $90,000 . DISCOVERED ABOUT 1920

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 102 .

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 93 .

Reporter information

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-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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