The Soda Creek is a gold 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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Soda Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Soda Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Connor Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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 (Production): SUPPOSED TO HAVE APPROXIMATELY 20,000 TONS OF BLOCKED ORE, AVERAGING $2.87 PER TON AT THE OLD GOLD PRICE ON THIS PROPERTY.
Comment (Geology): PROSPECT LIES NEAR CONTACT BETWEEN QUARTZ DIORITE AND OLDER METAGABBROS.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 24 .
Reference (Deposit): PROTSKA, H.J., 1967, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DURKEE QUADRANGLE; ODGMI GEOL. MAP GMS-3
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