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Ohio

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036633
MRDS ID M025513
Record type Site
Current site name Ohio
Related records 10153076

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.21244, 44.82568 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bourne(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 008S 037E 32 NW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Rock description Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.21244, 44.82568
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • BELIEVED TO BE ON EXTENSION OF THE CLIMAX VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cracker Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A 100 FT SHAFT IN 1902. TOTAL DEVELOPMENT WAS ABOUT 1400 FT.

Comments on development

  • EQUIPPED WITH A 10 STAMP MILL IN 1900

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED FILE NOTES, ODGMI BAKER FIELD NOTES; BAKER,OREGON

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ-ARGILLITE BRECCIA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 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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