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Johnson Mine

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Antimony, Copper, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032594
MRDS ID M014198
Record type Site
Current site name Johnson Mine
Alternate or previous names Hilltop Claim
Related records 10298308

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.81132, 45.00486 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Telocaset(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Enterprise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 006S 040E 33 NE OF NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.81132, 45.00486
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 75W

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN IS REPORTED TO BE EXCEPTIONALLY UNIFORM IN WIDTH OVER A DISTANCE OF SEVERAL HUNDRED FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Baker

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Phillips, C. A.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Elvis Haines
    Home office North Powder, Or.

Production statistics

  • Year 1942
    Period 1941-1942
    Material ORE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.44 Oz Au, 2.67 Ozag, 0.06% Cu, 0.77% As, 0.53% Sb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Antimony Antimony 1wt-pct
    Ore Arsenic Arsenic 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 75g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 12g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U S BUREAU OF MINES MILS RECORDS

  • Deposit

    1943 RECON ODGMI FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    ODGMI FILE REPORT 1948

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1979 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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