| Deposit ID | 10095335 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M025501 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | August Mine |
| Related records | 10128156 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.47966, 44.70485 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTHEAST OF GREENHORN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Baker(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Greenhorn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Burnt(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Baker |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 010S | 035E | 10 | SE | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite | ||
| Rock unit name | Elkhorn Ridge Argillite | ||
| Rock description | Elkhorn Ridge Argillite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -118.47966, 44.70485 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Greenhorn District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Art Clayton |
| Home office | Bates, Or. |
| First year | 1980 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Olive Flynn |
| First year | 1980 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M025501 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410010787 |
FERNS, M.L. AND BROOKS, H.C., 1981, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE GREENHORN QUADRANGLE; ODGMI MAPPING IN PROGRESS
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-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 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.