Virtue Group

Prospect in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10176787
MRDS ID M002484
MAS/MILS ID 0410010167
Record type Site
Current site name Virtue Group
Alternate or previous names Virtue Mine and Mill
Related records 10027208, 10186721

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.69663, 44.76316 (WGS84)
Elevation 1195
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 009 S 041 E 21 SENESW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.69663, 44.76316

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Chain O Mines
    ID 3501037
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-A, 1939,

  • Deposit

    P. 108-109.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FORMERLY 0410010015.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JUN-1992 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 07/11/1986
MSHA mine ID3501037
Mine name (MSHA)Virtue Mine
Current operatorEldorado Oregon Corp
Current controller (parent)Hunt W W
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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