The Clover Creek Copper Mine is a copper, gold, and barium-barite 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
Elevation:
Commodity: Copper, Gold, Barium-Barite
Lat, Long: 44.9125, -117.53917
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Clover Creek Copper Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Clover Creek Copper Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Eagle Creek
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: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 40 CENTS GOLD TO THE TON (GOLD AT $20.67 AN OUNCE.)
Analytical Data: 0.40 % COPPER
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Barite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 2 SUBPARALLEL ZONES 200 FT. APART
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL TRENCHES AND A 400-FOOT TUNNEL.
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN WHAT HAS BEEN MAPPED AS A SILICIC VOLCANIC CENTER. ; GEOL.DESC: THE ROCK IS CUT BY INNUMERABLE FRACTURES AND SHEAR SURFACES, CHARACTERISTICALLY COATED BY CHLORITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 45
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., AND OTHERS, 1976, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OREGON PART OF THE BAKER 1DEG BY 2DEG QUADRANGLE, ODGMI GMS-7 GEOL. MAP
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., BOWEN, R.G., HULL, D.A., AND HAMMITT, R.W., 1977, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAWTOOTH RIDGE QUADRANGLE, OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES GEOLOGIC MAP.
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