Ballard Creek Mine

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Copper
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10200815
MRDS ID M014597
MAS/MILS ID 0410010156
Record type Site
Current site name Ballard Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Turtle Bug, Ballard Group
Related records 10032831

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.81411, 45.05296 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Homestead(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riggins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 006 S 048 E 11 NESW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.81411, 45.05296

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1899

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-A, 1939, P. 58.

  • Deposit

    THE ORE BIN, 1970, V. 32, NO. 3, P. 53-54.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JUN-92 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.