Little Pittsburgh

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036628
MRDS ID M025506
Record type Site
Current site name Little Pittsburgh
Alternate or previous names Pittsburgh

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.34324, 44.84625 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Relative position TWO MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPARTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sparta(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 008S 044E 28 NW OF NW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Sparta Complex
    Rock description Sparta Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Triassic
    Chronological age 213
    Dating method K-Ar
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Triassic
    Chronological age 223
    Dating method Ar-Ar
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Triassic
    Chronological age 213
    Dating method K-Ar
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Triassic
    Chronological age 223
    Dating method Ar-Ar

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granite and diorite

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Mining district

District name Sparta District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT VERIFIED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1901, GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON; USGS ANN. REPT. NO. 22, P. 736

  • Deposit

    FOSTER, D.W., 1892, MINING MAP OF EASTERN OREGON

  • Production

    LINDGREN, 1901

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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