The Wright and Van Mead is a gold mine located in Baker county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Wright and Van Mead MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wright and Van Mead
Secondary: Model
Secondary: Mammoth and Silver Tip Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Rock 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: Occurrence
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: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 5 TUNNELSNO PRODUCTION RECORD.
Comment (Location): S 1/2
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEIN IS NEAR CONTACT OF MEDIUM-GRAINED BIOTITE GRANODIORITE TO REACH THE CONTACT OF THE INTRUSIVE WITH ARGILLITE. CONTACT IS GRADATIONAL; CHLORITE-MICA SCHIST GRADING OUT INTO DENSE ARGILLITE. VEIN FILLING IS PYRITIFEROUS TALC-CLAY GOUGE AND QUARTZ.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL 14 - A, P. 90
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