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Argonaut

Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Arsenic
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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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032528
MRDS ID M014091
Record type Site
Current site name Argonaut
Alternate or previous names Wilmot, Hemler, George E
Related records 10152875

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.22744, 44.85624 (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 008S 037E 19 NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, ABOUT 4.5 MILES BY ROAD NORTHWEST OF THE COLUMBIA MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Ridge Argillite;Bald Mountain Batholith;Bald Mountain Batholith
    Rock description Elkhorn Ridge Argillite;Bald Mountain Batholith;Bald Mountain Batholith
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.22744, 44.85624
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 DEG E - N 80 DEG E
    Dip 60 DEG S
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • PREMINERAL APLITE AND GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY DIKES. ; GEOL.DESC: ORE ZONES ARE ABRUPTLY DISCONTINOUS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cracker Creek

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Norvan
    First year 1981

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL SHIPMENTS MADE DURING 1937-1941 PERIOD.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 2,000 FT. OF DRIFTS FROM 2 ADIT LEVELSSMALL SHIPMENTS MADE DURING 1937-1941 PERIOD.

Comments on development

  • CROSSCUT BEING EXTENDED IN SUIMMER 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, O.D.G.M.I., BULL 61 , P. 72 .

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - A, P. 34 .

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND OTHERS, 1981, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE BOURNE QUADRANGLE, BAKER AND GRANT COUNTIES, OREGON; ODGMI MAP GMS-19

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS EXPLORED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 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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