Bay Horse

Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109349
MRDS ID M014583
Record type Site
Current site name Bay Horse
Related records 10183904

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.21934, 44.45292 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Henley Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brogan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(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 013S 045E 9 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE WEST BANK OF SNAKE RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tennantite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Huntington Volcanics
    Rock description Huntington Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.21934, 44.45292

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ore Occurs In A Fractured Zone Close To The Contact Between An Andesitic Breccia And Rhyolite

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL, IRREGULAR SHAPE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: POORLY DEFINED ZONE OF FAULTING; ABOUT 50 FT. IN MAXIMUM WIDTH AND HAS WESTERLY TREND.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1890

Mining district

District name Connor Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Centennial Exploration Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ibex Mineral Industries

Comments on the production information

  • OUTPUT DURING 1920-1925 AMOUNTED TO 145,459.54 TROY OUNCES SILVER FROM 4,895 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED TO SMELTERS.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 1800 FEET OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS. OUTPUT DURING 1920-1925 AMOUNTED TO 145,459.54 TROY OUNCES SILVER FROM 4,895 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED TO SMELTERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 131 .

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 22

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, D. C., 1925 , IDAHO BUREAU MINES, PAMPHLET 13 .

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., MCINTYRE, J. R., AND WALKER, G., 1976 , GEOLOGY OF THE OREGON PART OF THE BAKER 1 DEG. BY 2 DEG. QUADRANGLE, ODMI GMS-7 .

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, N.S., 1957, OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES FILE REPORT.

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-JUL-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
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusTemporarily Idled since 05/01/2025
MSHA mine ID3502630
Mine name (MSHA)Bayhorse
Current operatorBayhorse Silver Inc
Current controller (parent)Graeme O'Neill
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (263 m, 0.94 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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