Commodities
PrimaryGold, Copper, Silver
TertiaryZinc, Arsenic, Antimony
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockArgillite · Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
Associated rockGabbro
StructureEast-West Trending Thrust Fault
Tectonic settingOceanic Sediments
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1897 - 1904
Identification
Deposit ID10109334
MRDS IDM014103
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.82013, -118.21522
References
BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.75OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939, ODGMI BULL. 14-A,P.36LINDGREN, W., 1901, THE GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN OREGON; USGS ANN. REPT. NO. 22, P.665BROOKS, H.C. AND OTHERS, 1981, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE BOURNE QUADRANGLE, BAKER AND GRANT COUNTIES, OREGON; ODGMI MAP GMS-19