Connor Creek Prospect

Prospect in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Chromium, Gold, Mercury, Nickel
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10249773
MRDS ID M015612
MAS/MILS ID 0410010144
Record type Site
Current site name Connor Creek Prospect
Related records 10033304

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.19021, 44.56736 (WGS84)
Elevation 1122
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

Connor Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(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 011 S 045 E 34 SENE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Mercury Primary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.19021, 44.56736

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JUN-92 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 11/30/2020
MSHA mine ID3503909
Mine name (MSHA)Connor Creek
Current operatorLimbaugh Gravel Products LLC
Current controller (parent)John L Limbaugh
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (793 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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External references