| Deposit ID | 10032531 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M014095 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | North Pole |
| Related records | 10152413 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.19688, 44.84291 (WGS84) |
|---|
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Baker |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 008S | 037E | 28 | W OF W | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Tellurium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite | ||
| Rock unit name | Elkhorn Ridge Argillite | ||
| Rock description | Elkhorn Ridge Argillite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -118.19688, 44.84291 |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Cracker Creek |
|---|
| Ownership category | |
|---|---|
| Area name | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Brooks Minerals Inc. |
| First year | 1980 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Cracker Creek Mining Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M014095 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410010095 |
BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, 1968; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.76
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939; ODGMI BULL. 14-A,P.38
LINDGREN, W., 1901, THE GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN OREGON; USGS ANN. REPT. NO. 22, P.659
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SEE GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF NORTH POLE-COLUMBIA LODE. P. 59 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1976 | Lee, W. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-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 |
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