Mine detail: Oregon Chief

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Location: Baker County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.85013, -118.28411
dep_id: 10032514
mrds_id: M014069
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Arsenic, Gold, Silver, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Quartz
ore_ctrl: Shear Zone
Reporter: Lee, W., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_unit: Bald Mountain Batholith
hrock_type: Diorite
References:
  • Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - A, P. 21 .
  • Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL 61 , P. 71 .
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