The North Pole 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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North Pole MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Pole
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Tellurium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Cracker Creek
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Cracker Creek Mining Co.
Owner Name: Brooks Minerals Inc.
Years: 1980 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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 Unit
Age Young: Early Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON NORTH POLE-COLUMBIA LODE.
Comment (Development): BROOKS MINERALS IS NOW REOPENNING THE LOWER ADIT LEVEL FOR SAMPLING PURPOSES (SPRING, 1980)
Comment (Workings): 5 ADITS TOTALLING 13,000 FEET. TOTAL RECOVERY 1895-1908 -- 100,045.04 FINE OUNCES GOLD AND 103,616.19 FINE OUNCES SILVER FROM 158,917.40 TONS OF ORE.
Comment (Deposit): SEE GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF NORTH POLE-COLUMBIA LODE. P. 59
Comment (Production): TOTAL RECOVERY 1895-1908 -- 100,045.04 FINE OUNCES GOLD AND 103,616.19 FINE OUNCES SILVER FROM 158,917.40 TONS OF ORE.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, 1968; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.76
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939; ODGMI BULL. 14-A,P.38
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1901, THE GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN OREGON; USGS ANN. REPT. NO. 22, P.659
Oregon Gold
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