The Big Lode Mine is a gold 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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Big Lode Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Lode Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Lower Burnt River Area
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
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY A 600-FOOT CROSSCUT TUNNEL.
Comment (Geology): MAP SHOWS PROSPECT TO BE IN THE OUTER MARGINS OF THE QUARTZ DIORITE
Comment (Reserve-Resource): IN 1914 , SECRETARY OF COMPANY REPORTED "WE ARE DRIVING ON THE CONTACT AND IT IS PROVING TO BE A VERY LARGE BODY OF ORE AND MINERAL MATTER. IN THIS BODY WE FIND SEVERAL DIFFERENT ORES, SOME HAVING TESTED FROM $3 AS HIGH AS $40 IN GOLD.
Comment (Location): 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF WEATHERBY, A STATION ON O.-W.R.&N. CO. LINE, ON CHICKEN CREEK, A TRIBUTARY OF BURNT RIVER. SE 1/4
Comment (Deposit): DISSOLVED BY PROCLAMATION IN JANUARY 1917 .
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 65 .
Reference (Deposit): PROTSKA, H.J., 1967, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DURKEE QUADRANGLE; ODGMI GEOL. MAP GMS-3
Oregon Gold
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