| Deposit ID | 10036628 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M025506 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Little Pittsburgh |
| Alternate or previous names | Pittsburgh |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.34324, 44.84625 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1250 |
| Relative position | TWO MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPARTA |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Baker |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 008S | 044E | 28 | NW OF NW | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||||||||||
| Rock unit name | Sparta Complex | ||||||||||||||
| Rock description | Sparta Complex | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| (1) | Granite and diorite |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| District name | Sparta District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M025506 |
LINDGREN, W., 1901, GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON; USGS ANN. REPT. NO. 22, P. 736
FOSTER, D.W., 1892, MINING MAP OF EASTERN OREGON
LINDGREN, 1901
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1870'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1981 | Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) | Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries |
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