The Burkemont is a copper and silver mine located in Baker county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,301 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: 3,301 Feet (1,006 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.92722, -117.56583
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Burkemont MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Burkemont
Secondary: North American Copper Co.
Secondary: Copper Union
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Eagle Creek
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: G. Rose
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: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Meta-Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Early Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Location): CONSISTS OF 6 PATENTED LODE CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): NOT CONCENTRATED IN WELL DEFINED FISSURE VEINS
Comment (Workings): 400 FOOT SHAFT NOW CAVED.
References
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J., 1937 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BAKER QUADRANGLE, OREGON: USGS BULL. 879 , P. 110 .
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14-A, P. 45 .
Reference (Deposit): HAMMIT, R. W., 1972 , UNIV. OREGON M.S. THESIS
Reference (Deposit): HULL, D., 1976, BURKEMONT MINE, OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES SUMMARY REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): 1975 RECON ODGMI SUMMARY REPOR
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