| Deposit ID | 10109333 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M014079 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Record |
| Alternate or previous names | Whited Mining Co. |
| Related records | 10273650 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.24382, 44.37874 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 5 1/2 MILES SW. OF UNITY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Baker(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Unity(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
John Day(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 | 014S | 036E | 1 | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | GOLD 65 TO 68 % FREE |
|---|---|
| Result | 900 FINE. |
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| Rock unit name | Mineridge Schist |
| Rock description | Mineridge Schist |
| (1) | Sedimentary rocks |
|---|
| Strike | N 45 W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 90 |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Unity |
|---|
| Ownership category | |
|---|---|
| Area name | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ken Grabner |
| Home office | Baker, Or. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M014079 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410010136 |
BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 156 .
LOWRY, W. D., 1968 , GEOLOGY OF THE IRONSIDE MOUNTAIN QUAD., OREGON: ODGMI OPEN FILE REPORT, P. 70 .
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14-A, P. 101 .
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CONSV. RECORD ( M014084 ) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD, AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1976 | Lee, W. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1980 | Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1993 | Gray, Jerry J. | Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1995 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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