Climax

The Climax is a gold mine located in Baker county, Oregon at an elevation of 6,099 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

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Site Name

Primary: Climax

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Cracker 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.
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Physiographic Detail: Blue Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: East-West Striking Thrust Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Geology): VEIN FILLS A NORMAL FAULT WHICH CUTS A THRUST CONTACT BETWEEN ARGILLITE AND METAGABBRO ; GEOL.DESC: PARRALLELS NORTH PRE-COLUMBIA LODE, AND IS SIMILAR.

Comment (Production): AN ORE SHOOT 50 FEET LONG AND 100 FEET DEEP WAS WORKED OUT IN EARLY DAYS.

Comment (Deposit): THREE VEINS EXPLORED

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 2 ADITS WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTS.AN ORE SHOOT 50 FEET LONG AND 100 FEET DEEP WAS WORKED OUT IN EARLY DAYS.

References

Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - A, P. 36 .

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL. 61 , P. 73 .

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND OTHERS, 1981, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE BOURNE QUADRANGLE, BAKER AND GRANT COUNTIES, OREGON; ODGMI MAP GMS-19

Oregon Gold

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