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Buckeye

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. 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 10032530
MRDS ID M014094
Record type Site
Current site name Buckeye
Related records 10297892

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.16521, 44.84318 (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 27 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOURNE ON THE ROCK CREEK-CRACKER CREEK DIVIDE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result PERCENT OF SULFIDES IS LOW

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Rock description Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.16521, 44.84318
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 65 DEG E
    Dip 70 DEG S
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MAIN VEIN CONSISTS OF ARGILLITE BRECCIA CEMENTED WITH QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cracker Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATED AT $6,000 TO 1931.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 7 ADITS TOTALLING 4,000 FEET. ESTIMATED AT $6,000 TO 1931.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL 61 , P. 73 .

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND OTHERS, 1982, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE BOURNE QUADRANGLE, BAKER AND GRANT COUNTIES, OREGON; ODGMI MAP GMS-19

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-JAN-1980 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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