The Cracker-Oregon is a gold and silver mine located in Baker county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Cracker-Oregon MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cracker-Oregon
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Cracker Creek
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Brooks Minerals Inc.
Years: 1981 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Physiographic Detail: Blue Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: East-Wst Striking Thrust Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): NW 1/4, ON A VEIN ABOUT 1800 FEET SOUTHEAST OF AND PARALLELING THE NORTH POLE-COLUMBIA LODE.
Comment (Production): SMALL OUTPUT FROM 10-STAMP MILL IN EARLY DAYS.
Comment (Development): SURFACE MAPPING AND SAMPLING
Comment (Deposit): COMPOSITE QUARTZ VEIN
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY ABOUT 3,000 FEET OF WORKINGS MOSTLY FROM ADIT LEVELS.SMALL OUTPUT FROM 10-STAMP MILL IN EARLY DAYS.
Comment (Geology): VEIN IS IN ARGILLITE AND TERMINATES AGAINST METAGABBRO ; GEOL.DESC: VEIN IN ARGILLITE SIMILAR TO NORTH POLE-COLUMBIA LODE, THOUGH NARROWER AND LESS WELL MINERALIZED. P 59
References
Reference (Deposit): PARDEE, J.T., 1908, FAULTING AND VEIN STRUCTURE IN THE CRACKER CREEK GOLD DISTRICT, BAKER COUNTY, OREGON; USGS BULL. 380, P. 85 - 93
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND OTHERS, 1981, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE BOURNE QUADRANGLE, BAKER AND GRANT COUNTIES, OREGON; ODGMI MAP GMS-19
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL. 61 , P. 74 .
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - A, P. 36 .
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