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Big Pine Group

Occurrence 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032993
MRDS ID M014835
Record type Site
Current site name Big Pine Group
Alternate or previous names Silver Dick, War Eagle
Related records 10298427

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.21494, 44.80957 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bourne(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon 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 009S 037E 6 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION DETERMINED FROM OLD CLAIM MAPS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Glacial deposits
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • { VEIN CONSISTS OF SHEARED ARGILLITE RECEMENTED BY QUARTZ ; GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY ROCK IS SHEARED AND CROSSED IN ALL DEGREES WITH NUMEROUS LARGE AND SMALL FAULTS, FRACTURES AND SLIPS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cracker Creek District

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 3 TUNNELS, A SHAFT AND A CROSSCUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - A, P. 35

Reporter information

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

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