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Snowstorm

Prospect in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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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 10280760
MRDS ID M015690
MAS/MILS ID 0410010394
Record type Site
Current site name Snowstorm
Alternate or previous names Copper Spread
Related records 10033364

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.38162, 44.96406 (WGS84)
Elevation 1432
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Balm Creek Reservoir(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)

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 007 S 043 E 12 SESESE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.38162, 44.96406
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANN. REPT. NO. 22, 1901, P. 738.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. MAP GMS-1, 1962.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-JUN-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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