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Hallock

Past 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032780
MRDS ID M014509
Record type Site
Current site name Hallock
Alternate or previous names Flaming Arrow, Leona G, Chicken Creek, Demas
Related records 10297727

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.29184, 44.54542 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Lookout Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(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 012S 044E 2 SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4, NEAR THE HEAD OF CHICKEN CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS HAVE SAID TO HAVE BEEN $13.00 TO $40 PER TON ( 1938

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.29184, 44.54542
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 68 W
    Dip 70 N
    Width 0.41M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BIOTITE GRANODIORITE INTRUDED INTO SERICITITE SCHIST AND LIMESTONE WITH VERY IRREGULAR CONTACTS. WELL DEFINED JOINT AND FAULT PLANES; A GREAT DEAL OF POST-MINERAL MOVEMENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Weatherby

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS IN AU HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 6 ADITS TOTALLING 1650 FEET, ALL AT SHALLOW DEPTH.SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS IN AU HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 137 .

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 69 .

  • Deposit

    WOLFE, H. D., AND WHITE, D. J., 1951 , ODGMI SHORT PAPER NO. 22 , P. 20 .

  • Deposit

    OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, FILE REPORT

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
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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