Record

Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Molybdenum, Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10109333
MRDS ID M014079
Record type Site
Current site name Record
Alternate or previous names Whited Mining Co.
Related records 10273650

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.24382, 44.37874 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 1/2 MILES SW. OF UNITY

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 014S 036E 1 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • 15 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result GOLD 65 TO 68 % FREE
Result 900 FINE.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Sedimentary rocks

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 W
    Dip 90

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZATION ALONG IRREGULAR CONTACT WHICH IS LOCALLY INTRUDED BY FELSITE PORPHYRY DIKE. FREE GOLD IN AMPHIBOLE VEINLETS AND QUARTZ STRINGERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unity

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ken Grabner
    Home office Baker, Or.

Comments on the production information

  • $103,000 ESTIMATED.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 5 ADITS TOTALLING 5,000 FEET. $103,000 ESTIMATED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 156 .

  • Deposit

    LOWRY, W. D., 1968 , GEOLOGY OF THE IRONSIDE MOUNTAIN QUAD., OREGON: ODGMI OPEN FILE REPORT, P. 70 .

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14-A, P. 101 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSV. RECORD ( M014084 ) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD, AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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