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Flagstaff Sand Pit

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032604
MRDS ID M014213
Record type Site
Current site name Flagstaff Sand Pit
Related records 10273932

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.75214, 44.80847 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baker City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 009S 040E 1 NE OF SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.75214, 44.80847
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10E
    Dip 50W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Virtue

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Baker County Road Department

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PROSPECT CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND MCINTYRE, J.R., 1977, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BAKER QUADRANGLE: OREGON DEPT. GEOL. AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES OPEN FILE MAP

  • Deposit

    1939 RECON ODGMI FILE REPOR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL QUARTZ FILLED FRACTURES; SOME ASSOCIATED FE STAIN. NO METALLIC MINERALS OBSERVED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1980 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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