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Bay Horse Mine

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183904
MRDS ID M014583
MAS/MILS ID 0410010078
Record type Site
Current site name Bay Horse Mine
Alternate or previous names Bayhorse
Related records 10109349

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.21928, 42.45298 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Drummond Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Louse Canyon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Jordan Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 013 S 045 E 09 NWSW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.21928, 42.45298
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1920

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING & SCIENTIFIC PRESS, NOV. 5, 1921, P. 653.

  • Deposit

    ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 13, 1923, P. 22-23.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 846-A, 1934, P. 52-54.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-A, 1939, P. 22.

  • Deposit

    MINING WORLD, JULY 1940.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-OCT-97 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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