The Schist is a gold mine located in Baker county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Schist MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Schist
Secondary: Snake River
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Connor Creek
Land Status
Not available
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CHANNEL SAMPLING IS REPORTED TO HAVE YIELDED ABOUT $3.50 PER TON OVER A WIDTH OF 90 FT.
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): SE 1/4
Comment (Production): NO RECORD. THERE WAS A 75 TONS-PER-DAY MILL ON THE PROPERTY IN 1916 .
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS FROM ADIT LEVELS. THERE WAS A 75 TONS-PER-DAY MILL ON THE PROPERTY IN 1916 .
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 132 .
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 23 .
Oregon Gold
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