The Herculean is a gold, silver, arsenic, zinc, and lead mine located in Baker county, Oregon at an elevation of 6,650 feet.
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
Elevation: 6,650 Feet (2,027 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 44.85944, -118.27694
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Herculean MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Herculean
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Arsenic
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Cable Cove
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Bob Bowen
Home Office: Baker, Or.
Years: 1981 -
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: Blue Mountain Section
Physiographic Detail: Blue Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PROSPECT IS LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF THE IMPERIAL-EAGLE AND IS ON THE SOUTHERN EXTENSION OF THE EAGLE VEIN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Workings): OVER 400 FT OF WORKINGS IN TWO ADITSNO PRODUCTION RECORDED
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1901, GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS, EASTERN OREGON; USGS ANN. REPT. NO. 2, P. 673.
Reference (Deposit): FERNS, M.L. AND OTHERS, 1982, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE MT. IRELAND QUADRANGLE, BAKER AND GRANT COUNTIES, OREGON; ODGMI MAP IN PREPARATION
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