Pathfinder Group

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036626
MRDS ID M025504
Record type Site
Current site name Pathfinder Group
Alternate or previous names Moorehead Group
Related records 10127526

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.37796, 44.93069 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Balm Creek Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker 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
007S 043E 24 SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • 14 CLAIMS NEAR SURPRISE SPRINGS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result PICKED SAMPLES RAN 0.06-0.28 OZ/TON AU
Result 0.4-8.4 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Clover Creek Greenstone
    Rock description Clover Creek Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granite and diorite

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eagle Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS SHALLOW CUTS AND SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LANCASTER, H.K., 1941, MOOREHEAD GROUP; ODGMI UNPLUBLISHED FILE REPORT, BAKER FIELD OFFICE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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

Beyond USGS

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