Mine detail: Belle of Baker Mine

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Location: Baker County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.82068, -118.25827
dep_id: 10032515
mrds_id: M014071
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Trace mineral: Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Pyrite
alteration: Silicification
ore_ctrl: Shear Zone
Reporter: Gray, Jerry J., Lee, W., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.)
hrock_unit: Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
hrock_type: Argillite
arock_unit: Bald Mountain Batholith
arock_type: Diorite
References:
  • Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL. 61 , P. 72 .
  • Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - A, P. 34 .
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