Humboldt Mine

Past Producer in Malheur county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Arsenic, Lead, Zinc
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033313
MRDS ID M015623
Record type Site
Current site name Humboldt Mine
Related records 10159749

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.59574, 44.42653 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mormon Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brogan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willow(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Malheur

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 013S 042E 20 NW OF NE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.59574, 44.42653

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN AND COUNTRY ROCK ARE SHATTERED BY TERTIARY FAULTING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mormon Basin

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lattig, Robert M.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 133.

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939, BULL. 14-A, P. 78.

  • Deposit

    WOLFF, E.N., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CAVINESS QUADRANGLE, OREGON: UNIV. OF OREGON PHD. THESIS

  • Deposit

    GILLULY, J.C., REED, J.C., AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1933, SOME MINING DISTRICTS OF EASTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 846-A.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) 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

Beyond USGS

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

External references