The Gold Point 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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Gold Point MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Point
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Weatherby
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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
Form: NARROW STRINGERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: VALUES SAID TO BE GOOD
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: 500 YDS AWAY FROM CONTACT WITH ARGILLITE
Comment (Workings): NO RECORD.$40,000
Comment (Production): $40,000
Comment (Location): NE 1/4, IN GOLD CLIFF GULCH, ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILE FROM THE SISLEY CREEK ROAD.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 69 .
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 136
Reference (Deposit): PROTSKA, H.J., 1967, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DURKEE QUADRANGLE, OREGON; ODGMI GEOL. MAP GMS-3
Oregon Gold
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