Macdougall Group

Prospect in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10225072
MRDS ID M014593
MAS/MILS ID 0410010402
Record type Site
Current site name Macdougall Group
Alternate or previous names Harvest Queen, Mac Dougall, Copper King, Golden West
Related records 10032827

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.79321, 45.07766 (WGS84)
Elevation 686
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

Homestead(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riggins(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 006 S 048 E 01 NENW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Bornite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Seven Devils Group.

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 20E
    Thickness 1M
    Length 50M
    Depth to top 0.3M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PROPYLITIC
    Strike And Dip N60W:20E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 821117
  • Area 16HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 16
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Homestead

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. C. Binford And Family
    Interest 100
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-A, 1939, P. 62-

  • Deposit

    63.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE NO MEASURED,INDICATED OR INFERRED RESERVES AT THE GALL PROSPECT. THE MINERALIZATION IS CONFINED TONARROW FRACTURE ZONES,SOME H FOLLOW BASALT-SANDSTONE CONTACTS PROPERTY ON BOUNDARY OF BAKER AND WALLOWA COUNTIES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-JUN-92 Hull, D.A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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