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Gold Ridge

Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032770
MRDS ID M014492
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Ridge
Alternate or previous names New Deal
Related records 10152604

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.33019, 44.86458 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sparta(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 044E 16 SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4; SEVERAL UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED AVERAGED $20 A TON IN GOLD.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.33019, 44.86458
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES AND STRINGERS
    Strike N 30 DEG W
    Dip 40 DEG E
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEIN IN ALBITE GRANITE; SURFACE CROPPINGS ON GOLD RIDGE YIELDED RICH POCKETS IN EARLY DAYS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1889 - 1892

Mining district

District name Sparta

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner High Grade Mining Co.
    First year 1938

Comments on the production information

  • $124,000 FROM SURFACE WORKINGS.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY MANY CUTS, PITS, AND 140-FOOT INCLINE WITH SHORT DRIFTS. $124,000 FROM SURFACE WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 94 .

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 102 .

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-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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