East Pine Creek Mine

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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10176851
MRDS ID M014585
MAS/MILS ID 0410010509
Record type Site
Current site name East Pine Creek Mine
Related records 10032821

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.12792, 45.04486 (WGS84)
Elevation 2146
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cornucopia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Enterprise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(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)

Federal lands

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 006 S 046 E 18 SENE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.12792, 45.04486

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WETHERELL, C. E., 1960, GEOLOGY OF PART OF THE SOUTHEASTERN

  • Deposit

    WALLOWA MOUNTAINS, NORTHEASTERN OREGON: OREGON STATE

  • Deposit

    UNIV., CORVALLIS, OR., P. 200.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-JUN-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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