The Hallock is a gold and tungsten mine located in Baker county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Hallock MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hallock
Secondary: Flaming Arrow
Secondary: Leona G
Secondary: Chicken Creek
Secondary: Demas
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Weatherby
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
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: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS HAVE SAID TO HAVE BEEN $13.00 TO $40 PER TON ( 1938
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): SE 1/4, NEAR THE HEAD OF CHICKEN CREEK
Comment (Production): SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS IN AU HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 6 ADITS TOTALLING 1650 FEET, ALL AT SHALLOW DEPTH.SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS IN AU HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: BIOTITE GRANODIORITE INTRUDED INTO SERICITITE SCHIST AND LIMESTONE WITH VERY IRREGULAR CONTACTS. WELL DEFINED JOINT AND FAULT PLANES; A GREAT DEAL OF POST-MINERAL MOVEMENT.
References
Reference (Deposit): WOLFE, H. D., AND WHITE, D. J., 1951 , ODGMI SHORT PAPER NO. 22 , P. 20 .
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 137 .
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 69 .
Reference (Deposit): OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, FILE REPORT
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