| Deposit ID | 10036581 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M025449 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Imperial Vein |
| Alternate or previous names | Part of the Imperial-Eagle |
| Related records | 10274576 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.27216, 44.86513 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2256 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Baker |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 008S | 036E | 14 | SW | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Bald Mountain Batholith | ||||
| Rock description | Bald Mtn. Batholith | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| (1) | Intrusive rocks |
|---|
| Strike | N35E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 70SE |
| Plunge direction | SW |
| Width | 1.22M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Cable Cove |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|---|
| Area name | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ibex Minerals Inc. |
| First year | 1981 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M025449 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410010915 |
FERNS, M.L. AND OTHERS,1982, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE MT. IRELAND QUADRANGLE, BAKER AND GRANT COUNTIES, OREGON; ODGMI MAP (IN PREPARATION)
BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968,GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 70
PARDEE, J.T. AND HEWITT, D.F., 1914, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SUMPTER QUADRANGLE; OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 1, NO. 6, P. 98
LINDGREN, W., 1901, GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN OREGON; USGS ANN. REPT. NO. 22, P. 673
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MASSIVE SULPHIDES OCCUR IN LENSES AND SHOOTS UP TO 50 FT IN WIDTH AND 2 FT IN THICKNESS WHICH PLUNGE STEEPLY TO THE SOUTHWEST |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1981 | Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) | Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1993 | Gray, Jerry J. | Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries |
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