Wirth

Past Producer in Malheur county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10298529
MRDS ID OR06878
MAS/MILS ID 0410450095
Record type Site
Current site name Wirth
Related records 10053902

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.63912, 44.40906 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brogan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willow(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Malheur

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 013 S 041 E 25 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN MORMON BASIN MINING DISTRICT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.63912, 44.40906

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. E. Wirth
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1980

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-AUG-1992 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.