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Mountain View Prospect

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032989
MRDS ID M014831
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain View Prospect
Alternate or previous names Overland
Related records 10128637

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.27966, 44.86457 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ireland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powder(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 008S 036E 15 SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4ADJOINS CALIFORNIA MINE ON THE NORTHWEST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED $13.65 IN GOLD, AND $7.50 IN SILVER.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Bald Mountain Batholith
    Rock description Bald Mountain Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.27966, 44.86457
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 E
    Dip 80 SE
    Width 0.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SHATTER ZONE IN GRANITE IS AS WIDE AS 14 FT. NUMEROUS SOLID BLOCKS WITHIN THIS ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cable Cove

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 300 FEET OF TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939, ODGMI BULL. 14-A, P. 20

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 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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