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Big Lode Mine

Occurrence 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. Mineral occurrence model 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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032785
MRDS ID M014515
Record type Site
Current site name Big Lode Mine
Related records 10273840

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.3074, 44.53653 (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 10 SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEATHERBY, A STATION ON O.-W.R.&N. CO. LINE, ON CHICKEN CREEK, A TRIBUTARY OF BURNT RIVER. SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.3074, 44.53653
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAP SHOWS PROSPECT TO BE IN THE OUTER MARGINS OF THE QUARTZ DIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lower Burnt River Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IN 1914 , SECRETARY OF COMPANY REPORTED "WE ARE DRIVING ON THE CONTACT AND IT IS PROVING TO BE A VERY LARGE BODY OF ORE AND MINERAL MATTER. IN THIS BODY WE FIND SEVERAL DIFFERENT ORES, SOME HAVING TESTED FROM $3 AS HIGH AS $40 IN GOLD.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A 600-FOOT CROSSCUT TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 65 .

  • Deposit

    PROTSKA, H.J., 1967, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DURKEE QUADRANGLE; ODGMI GEOL. MAP GMS-3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISSOLVED BY PROCLAMATION IN JANUARY 1917 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) 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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