The French Joe is a gold, silver, and copper 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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French Joe MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: French Joe
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Baker
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEIN/DISSEMINATED
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Keratophyre
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): SE 1/4
Comment (Geology): A PROSPECT HOLE NEARBY SHOWS SOME COPPER-STAINED AND SILICIFIED GREENSTONE
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1901, GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN OREGON; USGS ANN. REPORT NO.22, P. 728.
Reference (Deposit): GRANT, U.S. AND CADY, G.H., 1914, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE GENERAL AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BAKER DISTRICT OF EASTERN OREGON; ORE. BUREAU OF MINES VOL. 1, NO. 6, P.155
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