Chloride

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Arsenic, Zinc
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. 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 10032529
MRDS ID M014093
Record type Site
Current site name Chloride
Related records 10177336

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.12382, 44.86068 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elkhorn Peak(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 24 N OF N Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ELEVATION 5,500 TO 6,000 FEET

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Arsenic Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.12382, 44.86068

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 DEG E
    Dip 65 DEG S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN NEAR CONTACT OF ARGILLITE AND GRANODIORITE SMALL ZENOLITHS OF ARGILLITE WITH QUARTZ; OPEN VUGS IN QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rock Creek

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • POOR DEVELOPMENT RECORD. INCLUDES 3 ADITS WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTS. IT IS SAID THAT THERE WERE TWO MILLS ON PROPERTY, BOTH DESTROYED BY LANDSLIDES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL. 61 , P. 82 .

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - A, P. 86 .

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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references