The Golden Eagle is a gold 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
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Golden Eagle MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Eagle
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Greenhorn
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Middle Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HIGH GRADE POCKETS. GOLD 850 FINE.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Dolomite
Comments
Comment (Location): E 1/2
Comment (Production): ESTIMATED AT $75,000.
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS AND AN INTERMEDIATE DRIFT TOTALLING 2600 FEET AND A SHAFT 75 FEET BELOW LOWEST LEVEL. ESTIMATED AT $75,000.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: BRANCHING MINERALIZED FRACTURES AND LARGE FAULTS WITH VERY SMOOTH AND WELL-DEFINED SLICKENSIDES ORE IS OXIDIZED.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939, ODGMI BULL. 14-A, P.54
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 61, P.112.
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