The Cracker-Klondike is a gold mine located in Baker county, Oregon at an elevation of 6,299 feet.
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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
Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.81444, -118.24194
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Cracker-Klondike MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cracker-Klondike
Secondary: Klondike
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Cracker Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: R. Gibbs And R. Mallacek
Home Office: Baker, Or.
Years: 1980 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: N80e-90e Cleavage In Argillite.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.50 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: VEIN SAMPLE REPORTEDLY ASSAYED 0.04 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): ADIT REOPENNED FOR SAMPLING IN 1980
Comment (Geology): LODE IS A ZONE OF SHEARED AND SILICIFIED ARGILLITE WITH QUARTZ STRINGERS.
Comment (Workings): 200 FT DRIFT ADIT AND SEVERAL PITS AND TRENCHES
Comment (Deposit): ON PARALLEL VEIN TO THE NORTH POLE-COLUMBIA LODE
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND OTHERS, 1979, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE BOURNE QUADRANGLE, BAKER AND GRANT COUNTIES, OREGON; ODGMI MAP WITH TEXT GMS-19
Reference (Deposit): NELSON D.W.C., 1923, MAP OF CRACKER, CABLE COVE AND PORTIONS OF ROCK CREEK, IBEX, AND CABELL MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN OREGON;
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