| Deposit ID | 10107273 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W002492 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | North Pole-Columbia Lode |
| Alternate or previous names | From Ne To Sw South Pole, North Pole, E & E, Taber Fraction, Columbia, Golconda, Mountain Belle, Amazon, Analulu, Bunker Hill, Eureka & Excelsior |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.21688, 44.82485 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1798 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Baker |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 008S | 037E | 32 | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Tellurium Critical | Tertiary |
| Mercury | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Bald Mountain Batholith | ||||
| Rock description | Bald Mountain Batholith | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite |
| Rock unit name | Elkhorn Ridge Argillite |
| Rock description | Elkhorn Ridge Argillite |
| (1) | -118.21688, 44.82485 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Blue Mountain Uplift Trends N 30 Deg E. Major Thrust Fault Trends East-West |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Shear Zone |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 30 DEG E |
| Dip | 82 DEG SE |
| Length | 7241.85M |
| Width | 91.44M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1887 |
| District name | Cracker Creek |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|---|
| Area name | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Brooks Minerals Inc |
| First year | 1980 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 3108.96M |
| Overall depth | 426.72M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W002492 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410010092 |
BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULL. 61, P. 59-62
PARDEE, J. T., 1909, FAULTING AND VEIN STRUCTURE IN THE CRACKER CREEK GOLD DISTRICT, BAKER CO., OREGON: USGS BULL. 380, P. 85-93
PARDEE, J. T., AND HEWETT, D. F., 1914, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SUMPTER QUADRANGLE: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MIN. RES. OF ORE. 1(8): 92
LORAIN, S. H., 1938, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN EASTERN OREGON: U.S.B.M. INFO. CIRC. 7015 & 5) LINDGREN, W., 1901, THE GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN OREGON; USGS ANN. REPT. NO.
1909 PARDEE, J.T.; BULL. 380
1914 GEOLMAP ORE. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY
1916 COMPILE ORE. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY
1980 GEOLMAP ODGMI REFERENCE 8
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | A HIGHLY ALTERED PORPHYRY DIKE IS FOUND DISCONTINUOUSLY WITHIN THE LODE |
| Deposit | THE NORTH POLE, COLUMBIA, EUREKA AND EXCELSIOR, AND TABER FRACTION ARE OWNED BY THE CRACKER CREEK MINING COMPANY. THE GOLCONDA IS UNDER SEPARATE OWNERSHIP |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1974 | Reeves, James R. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1980 | Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1993 | Gray, Jerry J. | Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries |
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