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Mc Intyre Group

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032737
MRDS ID M014444
Record type Site
Current site name Mc Intyre Group
Alternate or previous names Old Man
Related records 10224868

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.4838, 44.91042 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Balm Creek Reservoir(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 007S 043E 31 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • 11 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Clover Creek Greenstone;Clover Creek Greenstone;Clover Creek Greenstone;Clover Creek Greenstone;Clover Creek Greenstone
    Rock description Clover Creek Greenstone;Clover Creek Greenstone;Clover Creek Greenstone;Clover Creek Greenstone;Clover Creek Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.4838, 44.91042
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION IS ON STRIKE WITH MOTHER LODE TO EAST. ; GEOL.DESC: THERE IS EVIDENCE OF A "SUBSIDED" CRATER; A GRANITE EXPOSURE IS SAID TO OCCUR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eagle Creek

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THIS PROPERTY SHOULD HAVE A SYSTEMATIC METHOD OF EXPLORATION WHICH MIGHT UNCOVER VEINS OF GOOD WIDTH AND OF MINABLE GRADE, ESPECIALLY IN VIEW OF ITS PROXIMITY TO MOTHER LODE VEIN.

Comments on the workings information

  • NO UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT; POOR OPEN CUTS AND SURFACE TRENCHES.

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL MAJOR COMPANIES HAVE EXPLORED THE COPPER MINERALIZATION IN THIS AREA SINCE 1965 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 49

Reporter information

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

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