The Timber Canyon Mine is a gold mine located in Baker county, Oregon.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Timber Canyon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Timber Canyon Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Sparta
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1890
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Geology): VEIN CONSISTS OF A FEW INCHES TO SEVERAL FEET OF MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZ WITH LIMONITE STRINGERS AND CREVICES.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE.
Comment (Workings): PROPERTY IS CAVED
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., MCINTYRE, J.R, AND WALKER, G.W., 1977, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OREGON PART OF THE BAKER 1 DEG BY 2 DEG QUADRANGLE, ODGMI GMS-7, GEOLOGIC MAP
Reference (Deposit): 1939 RECON ODGMI, FILE REPOR
Reference (Deposit): PROTSKA, H.J. AND BATEMAN, R.L., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE SPARTA QUADRANGLE, ODGMI GMS-1, GEOLOGIC MAP
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