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Paddy Creek

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Mercury, Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040223
MRDS ID M054915
Record type Site
Current site name Paddy Creek
Related records 10152436

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.29352, 44.9968 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sparta Butte(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
Willamette 006S 044E 35 S OF CENTER Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • S/2 SEC 35, CENTER OF HALF SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.29352, 44.9968
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eagle Creek

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Culley Trickle
    First year 1963

Comments on the production information

  • TEN STAMP MILL IN EARLY DAYS; NO MILL RECORDS.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. TEN STAMP MILL IN EARLY DAYS;

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 99 .

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 49 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSV. RECORDS ( M014487 ) AND ( M014484 ) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD, AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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