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Taber Fraction

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, 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 10032534
MRDS ID M014102
Record type Site
Current site name Taber Fraction
Related records 10200805

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.21355, 44.82485 (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 32 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY EMBRACES 300 - FOOT SEGMENT OF NORTH POLE-COLUMBIA LODE BETWEEN THE COLUMBIA AND E. & E. MINES.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY VALUE $11.88 PER TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic
  • 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) -118.21355, 44.82485
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 34 E
    Dip 86 1/2 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years UP TO 1905

Mining district

District name Cracker Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Brooks Minerals Inc.
    First year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cracker Creek Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL RECORDED OUTPUT WAS $445,255.34 .

Comments on the workings information

  • LEVELS ABOVE 500 INTERCONNECT W COLUMBIA AND E & E WORKINGS. LOWER LEVELS WORKED THROUGH COLUMBIA SHAFT. TOTAL RECORDED OUTPUT WAS $445,255.34 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL 61 , P. 77 .

  • 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

  • Production

    ELMER REPORT OF 1930

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF NORTH POLE-COLUMBIA LODE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

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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