The Ballard Group is a copper mine located in Baker county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Ballard Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ballard Group
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: Occurrence
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
Type: L
Description: N.E. Trending Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification And Sulfide Mineralization
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SEC. 11
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES 3 SHORT ADITS ALL CAVED.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZED ZONE IS POORLY EXPOSED AND MAY BE DISCONTINUOUS. PROBABLY AT SURFACE IT DOES NOT MUCH EXCEED 60 FT. IN MAXIMUM WIDTH AND 300 FT. IN LENGTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 58.
Reference (Deposit): VALLIER, T.L., AND BROOKS, H.C., 1970, GEOLOGY AND COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE HOMESTEAD AREA, OREGON AND IDAHO: ODGMI THE ORE BIN, VOL. 32, NO 3, P. 53.
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