Gray Eagle Mine

Prospect in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032630
MRDS ID M014254
Record type Site
Current site name Gray Eagle Mine
Alternate or previous names Koehler

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.74381, 44.80014 (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 009S 041E 7 NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cervantite Ore
Stibiconite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.74381, 44.80014

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 60.96M
    Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Virtue

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Brandenthaler, A. (Estate)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, N. S., ANTIMONY IN OREGON; ODGMI GMI SHORT PAPER 13 , 1944 .

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939, ODGMI BULL. 14-A, P.107

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND MC INTYRE, J.R., 1977, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE VIRTUE FLAT QUADRANGLE; ODGMI OPEN FILE MAP.

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, N.S., 1945, OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES FILE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    1945 RECON ODGMI FILE REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANTIMONY OXIDES ARE DISSEMINATED IN COUNTRY ROCK ALONG STRIKE.
Deposit RECORD NUMBERS (M014253) AND (W017016) HAVE BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, 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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references