The Thomason and Schwayder is a molybdenum, silver, gold, and copper mine located in Baker county, Oregon.
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:
Commodity: Molybdenum, Silver, Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 44.37361, -118.22639
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Thomason and Schwayder MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Thomason and Schwayder
Secondary: Lucky Boy
Secondary: Showdown
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Unity
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Art Cheatum
Production
Year: 1947
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^.35 Oz Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Serpentine
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR 1977-1979 NOT AVAILABLE.
Comment (Deposit): LOCALLY SMALL, FINE GRAINED GRANODIORITE DIKES CUT ACROSS THE SHEAR ZONE. FREE GOLD OCCURS BOTH IN THE DIKES AND IN THE SHEARED COUNTRY ROCK. QUARTZ IS RARE. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): WAGNER, N.S. 1948, LUCKY BOY MINE; ODGMI FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND OTHERS, 1979 GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RASTUS MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE; ODGMI OPEN FILE REPORT 0-79-7
Reference (Deposit): ODGMI RECON 1948 FILE REPOR
Reference (Production): ODGMI FILE REPORT
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