Mine detail: Cracker-Oregon

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Location

Lat / long: 44.82902, -118.18993

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
Host type:Argillite
Associated type:Gabbro
Structure:East-Wst Striking Thrust Fault
Tectonic:Oceanic Sediments

References

MRDSM014104
DEP10032535
Reference{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL. 61 , P. 74 .}{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - A, P. 36 .}{Deposit:: PARDEE, J.T., 1908, FAULTING AND VEIN STRUCTURE IN THE CRACKER CREEK GOLD DISTRICT, BAKER COUNTY, OREGON; USGS BULL. 380, P. 85 - 93}{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}
ReporterLee, W., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J.