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Cliff Mine

Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032625
MRDS ID M014244
Record type Site
Current site name Cliff Mine
Alternate or previous names Bengal and Provider

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.72825, 44.82708 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virtue Flat(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 008S 041E 31 SE OF NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 NE 1/4. 1 MILE NORTH OF FLAGSTAFF ABOUT 5 MILES NE OF BAKER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BRECCIATED QUARTZ VEIN IN ALTERED DIORITE; WIDTH 3 FEET. SCHEELITE PRESENT IN SMALL QUANTITY.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result NETTED $13.55 PER TON
Result GOLD FREE MILLING.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.72825, 44.82708
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Virtue District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. M. Buchen

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 1 REFERS TO CLIFF MINE WHERE A VEIN WAS DEVELOPED AS A GOLD PROSPECT, AND SCHEELITE WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED ABOUT 1901 . IN 1942 , A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE SORTED FROM OLD DUMPS WAS SHIPPED TO METAL RESERVE COMPANY.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 225-FOOT SHAFT WITH SHORT DRIFTS ON 4 LEVELS. A VEIN WAS DEVELOPED AS A GOLD PROSPECT, AND SCHEELITE WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED ABOUT 1901. IN 1942, A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE SORTED FROM OLD DUMPS WAS SHIPPED TO METAL RESERVE CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 141

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 104 .

  • Deposit

    WOLFE, H. D., AND WHITE, D. J., 1951 , ODGMI: GMI SHORT PAPER 22 , P. 20

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D. M., AND TWETO, O. L., 1962 , TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP MR - 25

  • Deposit

    5) LEMMON, D. M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    TABER, J.W., 1951, REPORT: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES.

  • Deposit

    1951 USBM RECO

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-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

Beyond USGS

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