The Cap. Miller Claims is a copper 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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Cap. Miller Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cap. Miller Claims
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Homestead
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
Physiographic Detail: Snake River Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED TWO OR THREE MILES BELOW (NORTH OF) HOMESTEAD ON THE BLUFF WEST OF THE SNAKE RIVER. SIX CLAIMS
Comment (Production): SAID TO HAVE RETURNED $3,000.
Comment (Deposit): WALLS OF VEIN WOULD BE DESCRIBED AS TIGHT
Comment (Workings): INCLUDES A 100 FT SHAFT WITH A SHORT DRIFT AT THE BOTTOM SAID TO HAVE RETURNED $3,000.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 59
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