Jim Fisk

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032805
MRDS ID M014554
Record type Site
Current site name Jim Fisk
Related records 10224896

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.2263, 45.01542 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cornucopia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Enterprise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(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)

Federal lands

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 006S 045E 28 W OF W Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED BUT A FEW HUNDRED FEET WEST OF MAYFLOWER VEIN, & ABOUT 3/4 MILE WEST FROM THE UNION-COMPANION MILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO SHOOTS OF ORE ENCOUNTERED ( 1916 )

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.2263, 45.01542

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cornucopia

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 29

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.