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Cornucopia Mineras

Past 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032809
MRDS ID M014560
Record type Site
Current site name Cornucopia Mineras
Related records 10152421, 10297711

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.19046, 44.96597 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jimtown(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)

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 007S 045E 10 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON WEST BANK OF PINE CREEK, 6 MILES NO. OF HALFWAY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.19046, 44.96597
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cornucopia Minerals Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION; PROBABLY A FEW HUNDRED OZ AU TOTAL. SOME PRODUCTION IN MID-1970'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U S BUREAU OF MINES MILS RECORDS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SURFACE WIDTH OF THE BED OF PINE CREEK VARIES FROM 500 TO 900 FT. DEPTH TO BEDROCK VARIES UP TO 60 FT. BOULDERS 3 TO 5 ACROSS ARE ABUNDANT LOCALLY.

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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