The Belle of Baker Mine is a gold and silver 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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Belle of Baker Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Belle of Baker Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Cracker Creek
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE GRADE OF ORE IS LOW.
Analytical Data: GOLD LARGELY FREE
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: THE VEIN OUTCROPS IN GRANODIORITE BUT ARGILLITE LOCALLY FORMS THE HANGING-WALL IN THE BELLE OF BAKER WORKINGS.; HR.AGE.MV: GRANODIORI
Comment (Production): $400,000 PRIOR TO 1931
Comment (Workings): 385-FOOT SHAFT AND 2,000 FEET OF DRIFTS ON 4 LEVELS. $400,000 PRIOR TO 1931
Comment (Location): A FEW HUNDRED FEET WEST OF MAMMOTH MINE AND ON THE SAME VEIN
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL. 61 , P. 72 .
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - A, P. 34 .
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