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Ballard Group

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032831
MRDS ID M014597
Record type Site
Current site name Ballard Group
Related records 10200815

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.81379, 45.05375 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Homestead(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riggins(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 006S 048E 11 SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SEC. 11

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification And Sulfide Mineralization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Hunsaker Creek Formation
    Rock description Hunsaker Creek Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.81379, 45.05375
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N.E. Trending Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZED ZONE IS POORLY EXPOSED AND MAY BE DISCONTINUOUS. PROBABLY AT SURFACE IT DOES NOT MUCH EXCEED 60 FT. IN MAXIMUM WIDTH AND 300 FT. IN LENGTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Homestead

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES 3 SHORT ADITS ALL CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 58.

  • Deposit

    VALLIER, T.L., AND BROOKS, H.C., 1970, GEOLOGY AND COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE HOMESTEAD AREA, OREGON AND IDAHO: ODGMI THE ORE BIN, VOL. 32, NO 3, P. 53.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1979 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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