Timber Canyon Mine

Prospect in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10224992
MRDS ID M015681
MAS/MILS ID 0410010559
Record type Site
Current site name Timber Canyon Mine
Related records 10033359

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.34462, 44.75516 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sparta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 009 S 044 E 28 SWNE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.34462, 44.75516

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. GEOLOGIC MAP GMS-1, 1962.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. GEOLOGIC MAP GMS-7, 1977.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-JUN-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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