| Deposit ID | 10152837 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M014358 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0410010047 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Copper Butte Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Copper Butte, Gilkeson, Copper Queen Mine |
| Related records | 10098287 |
| Point of reference | Trench |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.52183, 44.94296 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1198 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Baker(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sawtooth Ridge(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
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Baker |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 007 S | 042 E | 24 | SWSWNW | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Actinolite | Unknown |
| Azurite | Unknown |
| Bornite | Unknown |
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Chalcocite | Unknown |
| Chlorite | Unknown |
| Chrysocolla | Unknown |
| Copper | Unknown |
| Cuprite | Unknown |
| Epidote | Unknown |
| Malachite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Trench (1) | -117.52183, 44.94296 |
|---|
| Strike | N30E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 10N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 200M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 30M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Area | 20HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1870 |
| Year of first production | 1872 |
| District name | Eagle Creek District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Oregon Copper Co. (Morris Cook) |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Oregon |
| Year | 1976 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410010047 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M014358 | MAS references MRDS |
OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-A, 1939, P. 46.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 08-JUN-92 | Ridenour, James | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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