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Scheelite Property

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032781
MRDS ID M014511
Record type Site
Current site name Scheelite Property
Alternate or previous names Little Joe Group
Related records 10273621

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.33657, 44.53847 (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)

Burnt(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 9 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED 4 MILES FROM WEATHERBY ON CHICKEN CREEK. 5 CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result NO ACCURATE SAMPLING DONE

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 Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.33657, 44.53847
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 W
    Dip 45 - 55 S
    Width 0.36M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lower Burnt River Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner N. Strayer

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A PROSPECT DRIFT AND A SHORT SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 73 .

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1978 Bradley, Robin U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1979 Walker, G. W. And 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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