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Schist

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity 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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032814
MRDS ID M014568
Record type Site
Current site name Schist
Alternate or previous names Snake River
Related records 10224841

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.14712, 44.5893 (WGS84)

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 011S 045E 24 SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Analytical data

Result CHANNEL SAMPLING IS REPORTED TO HAVE YIELDED ABOUT $3.50 PER TON OVER A WIDTH OF 90 FT.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.14712, 44.5893
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shattered Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Connor Creek

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORD. THERE WAS A 75 TONS-PER-DAY MILL ON THE PROPERTY IN 1916 .

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS FROM ADIT LEVELS. THERE WAS A 75 TONS-PER-DAY MILL ON THE PROPERTY IN 1916 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 132 .

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 23 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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