Mine detail: Argonaut

Previously called 'George EHemlerWilmot'

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Location: Baker County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.85624, -118.22744
dep_id: 10032528
mrds_id: M014091
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
ore_ctrl: Shear Zone
Reporter: Lee, W., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_unit: Elkhorn Ridge Argillite;Bald Mountain Batholith;Bald Mountain Batholith
hrock_type: Diorite,Argillite,Granite
arock_type: Diorite
tectonic: Accreted Oceanic Terrane
References:
  • Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, O.D.G.M.I., BULL 61 , P. 72 .
  • Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - A, P. 34 .
  • Deposit:: BROOKS, 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
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