The Antone Creek Prospect is a silver, gold, copper, antimony, and lead mine located in Baker county, Oregon.
About the MRDS Data:
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
Elevation:
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Copper, Antimony, Lead
Lat, Long: 44.95917, -118.20583
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Antone Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Antone Creek Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Rock Creek
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Owner Name: Jim Brown
Home Office: North Powder, Or.
Years: 1979 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, C.E. AND THAYER, T.P., 19668 GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CANYON CITY QUADRANGLE; USGS MISC. GEOL. INVEST. MAP I-447
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