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Golden Eagle

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032506
MRDS ID M014051
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Eagle
Related records 10297844

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.47161, 44.70013 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenhorn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burnt(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 010S 035E 15 E Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • E 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result HIGH GRADE POCKETS. GOLD 850 FINE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.47161, 44.70013
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 40 - 70 NE
    Width 0.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones In Serpentinite

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BRANCHING MINERALIZED FRACTURES AND LARGE FAULTS WITH VERY SMOOTH AND WELL-DEFINED SLICKENSIDES ORE IS OXIDIZED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenhorn

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATED AT $75,000.

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS AND AN INTERMEDIATE DRIFT TOTALLING 2600 FEET AND A SHAFT 75 FEET BELOW LOWEST LEVEL. ESTIMATED AT $75,000.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939, ODGMI BULL. 14-A, P.54

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 61, P.112.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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